Subject: [fem-women2000 390] Outcome Document (fwd)/翻訳希望
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 23:21:29 -0500
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この文書が北京＋５のまとめになりますね。 どなたか訳せればお願いします。 --lalamaziwa Forwarded by lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: congo <congongo2@aol.com> To: beijing5update@igc.topica.com Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:00:23 -0700 Subject: Outcome Document -- According to UN Assistant Secretary-General Angela King's staff, the negotiations ended at 5:59 am Saturday morning with an agreement on the Outcome Document. The General Assembly reconvened at 3pm. Attached is an Associated Press story and a statement by the NGO Linkage Caucus on the agreement. We will send out more details once additional information is available. The final Outcome document is now available on the web at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/finaloutcome.pdf Subject: June 10, 2000: Associated Press: Womens' Delegates Reach Agreement Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:16:38 -0400 Associated Press; June 10, 2000; Saturday 8:57 AM, Eastern Time HEADLINE: Womens' Delegates Reach Agreement BYLINE: EDITH M. LEDERER Delegates from 180 countries reached agreement this morning on a new U.N. plan to accelerate progress toward women's equality after an all-night debate over abortion, sexual rights and other key issues. ''It was absolutely worth it,'' said U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Angela King, a special adviser on the advancement of women. ''I feel that all those millions of women who are looking at us are totally vindicated, and they have something to grasp to assist them for their battles for equality.'' The new document reaffirms the 150-page platform for action adopted at a landmark 1995 U.N. women's conference and moves forward with tougher measures to combat domestic violence and trafficking in women, and tackle the impact on women of HIV/AIDS and globalization. But attempts to move beyond Beijing on the contentious issues of abortion failed and proposed references to sexual rights and sexual orientation were dropped from the final text by delegates meeting in committee. The final text maintains language from Beijing on women's reproductive and sexual health. ''I'm very happy that the dire predictions that there would be a rollback of Beijing have proven false,'' King said. ''Instead for all the world to see, we have a very strong document which not only reaffirms Beijing and other relevant conferences on human rights and social development but also moves forward.'' The agreement was reached shortly after 5 a.m. and delegates were told to return two hours later to wrap up the conference. But when they arrived many not having slept U.N. officials informed them that the General Assembly session to formally approve the document by consensus was delayed further because translators needed more time. During the night, several issues were resolved including a dispute between the United States and Cuba over the effect of U.S. sanctions against the communist island nation on Cuban women. The final text calls on governments to set a target date of 2005 to eliminate the gender gap in primary and secondary education. It also moves ''substantially beyond Beijing in the roles men and boys can play to achieve gender equality,'' King said. Delegates also agreed on strong planks calling for prosecution of all forms of domestic violence, now including marital rape. The traditional practices of forced marriage and honor killings are addressed for the first time in an international consensus document, with the draft text calling for laws to eradicate these human rights violations. Many of the issues that stalled negotiations here also dominated the Beijing conference sexual rights, sexual orientation, abortion, sex education for adolescents and family values. After a lengthy fight in Beijing, references to sexual orientation which the Vatican and several Islamic and Catholic countries vehemently oppose were dropped from the platform. The term ''sexual rights'' was never included in the Beijing platform, though it does state that women have the right to ''decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality ... free of coercion, discrimination and violence.'' Conservative activists fear that sexual rights could be broadly interpreted as condoning homosexuality. The battle lines for the current conference known as Beijing Plus Five mirrored those at Beijing: the Vatican and a handful of Islamic and Catholic countries against the West and hundreds of pro-Beijing women's rights activists. Cuba and the United States, meanwhile, clashed for days over Havana's insistence on referring to the negative effect of U.S. sanctions, especially on women and girls. King said the dispute was settled early today when both countries agreed to compromise language taken from a previous U.N. conference. It notes that ''in some countries, advancement of women is adversely affected by unilateral measures not in accordance with international law ... that create obstacles to trade relations among states.'' Several organizations issued a joint statement registering disappointment with the final document but reaffirming their commitment to work for implementation of the Beijing platform. ''We regret that there was not enough political will on the part of some governments and the U.N. system to agree on a stronger document with more concrete benchmarks, numerical goals, time-bound targets, indicators, and resources aimed at implementing the Beijing platform,'' said the statement, which was issued by the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University and the Women's Environment and Development Organization. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Immediate Release June 10, 2000 NGOs RESPOND TO WOMEN 2000 U.N. OUTCOME DOCUMENT (New York, June 10, 2000) After an all-night negotiation session, delegates from 180 countries reached agreement on the Outcome Document related to the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted in 1995 in Beijing, China. The following is a statement by leaders of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as issued from the Linkage Caucus, a coordinating group that links NGOs across the various issues and geographic regions of the world: ----- A STATEMENT FROM THE NGOS OF THE LINKAGE CAUCUS (Beijing + 5 UN General Assembly Special Session, New York, June 9-10, 2000) As women from around the world who have been active in the "Beijing + 5" Review process nationally, regionally, and internationally, we re-commit ourselves to working for implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and for the advancement of the human rights of all women. While there have been positive aspects to this review process, we want to register our disappointment with the Outcome Document agreed to by governments at the United Nations today. We appreciate the hard work that many have put into this process and applaud those delegations that have fought to defend and advance commitments to women. However, we regret that there was not enough political will on the part of some governments and the UN system to agree on a stronger document with more concrete benchmarks, numerical goals, time-bound targets, indicators, and resources aimed at implementing the Beijing Platform. Still, some important steps were taken. First and foremost, the Political Declaration reaffirms that governments have the responsibility to implement the Beijing Platform for Action, and thus, the platform remains the reference point for governmental commitment to women's rights in all 12 critical areas of concern. Some of the other areas advanced in the document are outlined below. We will continue to utilize the Beijing Platform as well as other world conference documents and reviews in our work for women's empowerment and rights. We will also work to hold governments accountable to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (which 165 countries have ratified), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and all other human rights treaties and standards. These instruments entail binding obligations on government signatories to respect, promote, protect, and fulfill the human rights of women and girls, many of which are elaborated in the Platform for Action. The commitments contained in all these documents are universal, inalienable and indivisible. The Beijing + 5 review provided opportunity and space for public assessment and discussion of the critical areas of concern. As a result, we have been able to air important issues locally and globally. Many governments have made reports on what they are doing to implement the platform, and women's NGOs have produced over 100 alternative reports engaging in public debate about what still needs to be done. Some of the regional meetings for this review resulted in documents which women can use to advance women's rights nationally and regionally. Even the obstacles that we have encountered in this review have taught us what we need to do to improve the current political climate in the world and to counter the intransigent minority who still oppose women's rights. And as always, women have taken this space to network and share experiences and strategies across cultural, racial, national and other boundaries. It is women's movements that have placed women's empowerment and rights on the world's agenda over the past 25 years. Once more women have come to this review in record numbers as we did for the World Conference in Beijing. And it is women who will continue to take the leadership in working for these goals. We will not be turned back. We welcome support and partnership with men, with governments, the United Nations and other institutions as we continue the struggle to realize economic justice and all human rights for all women in all our diversity in the next decade. Some of the issues strengthened in the Women 2000/Beijing +5 Outcome document are: A: Health * Maternal mortality - makes it a health sector priority - Paragraph 107 (a) bis * Education programs - enables men to practice safer sex - Para 107 g quater * Provides gender aspects of diseases such as malaria & TB - Para 107 a * Affirm the goals of the International Conference on Population and Development + 5 * Health Sector reform - includes impact on women's access to health services - Para 115 d B: Violence * Honour Killings & Forced Marriage - Addresses these issues for the first time in an international consensus document- Paras 103 d & 130 a * Dowry related Violence - Strengthened language calling on governments to take comprehensive measures to eliminate it - Para 130 a * Marital rape - Legislation and stronger mechanisms are called for to address all forms of domestic violence- Para 103 c C: Globalization * Recognition of negative impacts on women & gender differences, ensuring equal access to social protection - Para110a & 118k * Equal participation of women in macro economic decision making-125 G D. Economy * Right to inheritance & property rights - Para 102 k * Access to housing - Para 135 d * Gender budgets - Para 30 & 109 a * ILO declaration on women's rights at work - Para 127 b E. Human Rights * Ratify optional protocol to CEDAW - Para 102 g * Gender related asylum - Para 102 l * Equality between women & men migrants - Para 132 b * Increased recognition of specific needs & rights of indigenous women 103 e & g, 128h F. Political Empowerment * Quotas & other measures to increase women's participation in political parties and parliaments - Para 117 a bis Contact: Charlotte Bunch, Director Center for Women's Global Leadership Weekend: 212-475-1895 Office: 732-932-8782 June Zeitlin, Executive Director WEDO: Women's Environment and Development Organization Weekend: 718/852-4666 Office: 212/973-0325 ### The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, not-for-profit membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For more information, contact: CONGO 777 United Nations Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017 212-986-8557 (tel) 212-986-0821 (fax) congongo@aol.com _________________________________________________________________________ fem-Women2000@jca.apc.org for Women 2000, UN Special Session on Beijing+5 Searcheable Archive http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/news/women2000/index.shtml visit fem-net HomePage for other mailing lists http://www.jca.apc.org/fem