{"id":130301,"date":"2018-03-23T20:49:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T20:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=130301"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:53:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:53:55","slug":"concluding-62nd-session-womens-commission-approves-text-helping-palestinians-press-release-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/concluding-62nd-session-womens-commission-approves-text-helping-palestinians-press-release-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Concluding 62nd Session, Women\u2019s Commission Approves Text Helping Palestinians – Press Release (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL<\/strong>
\nCOMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN<\/strong>
\nSIXTY-SECOND SESSION,\u00a013TH & 14TH MEETINGS (AM & PM)<\/strong>
\nWOM\/2145<\/strong>
\n23 MARCH 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n

The Commission on the Status of Women, concluding its sixty\u2011second session today, approved a set of Agreed Conclusions aimed at accelerating gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls, as well as resolutions on assistance to Palestinian women, the release of women and children hostages and the impact of HIV\/AIDS on women and the girl child.<\/p>\n

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Taking up a draft of other texts, the Commission approved, by a recorded vote of 30\u00a0in favour to 4\u00a0against (Canada, Guatemala, Israel, the United Kingdom) with 11\u00a0abstentions, a resolution titled, \u201cSituation of and assistance to Palestinian women\u201d (document\u00a0E\/CN.6\/2018\/L.3<\/a>). \u00a0By its terms, the Commission recommended that the Economic and Social Council call upon the international community to continue to provide urgently needed assistance to Palestinian women and girls facing a dire humanitarian crisis under Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n

Reaffirming that the occupation remained the major obstacle for the advancement, self\u2011reliance and social integration of Palestinian women, the Council would demand that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions and other international covenants, to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families.\u00a0 It would also urge the international community to renew efforts to advance and accelerate the conclusion of a peace treaty, ending the Israeli occupation, in accordance with the internationally recognized two\u2011State solution.<\/p>\n

The representative of Egypt, introducing that text on behalf of the \u201cGroup\u00a0of\u00a077\u201d developing countries and China, said the crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continued to severely affect women and girls.\u00a0 The draft had been updated to reflect current realities on the ground, including a preambular paragraph noting that the Palestinian people had marked the passage of 50\u00a0years of occupation in\u00a02018.<\/p>\n

Prior to the vote, the representative of the United Kingdom said that in a continued drive to advance gender equality for all, it was important to refrain from singling out one country in resolutions, as the text had singled out Israel.\u00a0 As such, his delegation would vote against the politicized text.<\/p>\n

The representative of Israel said the draft had nothing to do with the situation of Palestinian women.\u00a0 Instead, the Palestinians preferred to spend their time and energy targeting Israel, she said, adding that the Secretary\u2011General\u2019s report had shown that gender discrimination and violence against women existed in Palestinian communities.\u00a0 Israel had called for a vote on the politicized draft resolution and would vote against it.<\/p>\n

The representative of Estonia, speaking on behalf of several European Union States, raised deep concerns about the impact of the conflict on Palestinian women.\u00a0 As such, her group would abstain from the vote.\u00a0 The European Union was in the opinion that country\u2011specific issues should not be dealt with in such a manner.<\/p>\n

Making a general statement, the representative of the United States said her delegation had long\u2011standing concerns, including the inclusion of political elements and anti\u2011Israel bias.\u00a0 The Commission must refocus its energy on shared goals.\u00a0 For decades, the United States had been the largest donor to the Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East\u00a0(UNRWA) and other programmes reaching Palestinian women, she said.\u00a0 But, she raised concerns about discrimination that continued unchecked.\u00a0 Any peace settlement had to be the product of direct negotiations with both sides.<\/p>\n

The representative of Canada, speaking after the vote, said her country\u2019s feminist international policy included support for the empowerment of Palestinian women and the provision of gender\u2011responsive humanitarian aid.\u00a0 However, Canada could not support a one\u2011sided resolution that did not advance the prospects of a two\u2011State solution, she said, rejecting any attempt to politicize the issue.<\/p>\n

The representative of Brazil voiced concern about the precarious social and economic conditions affecting Palestinian women and called on the Commission to address the issue in a balanced manner, reiterating her country\u2019s support for a two\u2011State solution that included internationally recognized and mutually agreed borders.<\/p>\n

The representative of the State of Palestine, thanking those Commission members that had voted in favour of the resolution, said Palestinian women and their families continued to bear the brunt of the Israeli occupation. \u00a0The text\u2019s adoption sent a strong message that rights violations by the occupying Power were illegal and must be halted, and that Israel must be held accountable.\u00a0 Her delegation had never claimed that it did not share the same challenges as other women and girls around the world, she said, but only emphasized that it did so while also living under a brutal military occupation.<\/p>\n

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