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DELEGATION LED BY THE DEPUTY PRIME-MINISTER N.OYUNDARI PARTICIPATES IN THE 59TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK

Date: 
Friday, 13 March 2015

The 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations started its work on 9 March 2015.

This year’s session, which is reviewing Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Plan of Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference of Women and discussing further ways to advance this agenda, is attended by high-level delegations from 189 countries of the world.

One of the featuring event during CSW 59 was launch of the global initiative "PLANET 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality." The event brought together leaders and celebrities from around the world to celebrate the struggles, achievements and challenges of women and girls worldwide, galvanizing attention and appealing to governments to give gender inequality a firm expiration date, spotlighting that real progress requires 50-50.

UN Women’s celebratory event for the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, was attended by high-powered speakers and celebrities including President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette, Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio, global philanthropist Melinda Gates, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and actor-director from India Farhan Akhtar, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and luminaries from politics, the arts, activism and philanthropy.