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Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action', often seen in the news, is
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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted unanimously by 189 countries, was an agenda for women's empowerment that is now considered the key global policy document on gender equality.[1] It was adopted at a meeting held in Beijing from 4 to 15 September 1995[2], which was the Fourth World Conference on Women[3] convened by the United Nations. As an agenda for action, the Platform seeks to promote and protect the full enjoyment of all human rights and the fundamental freedoms of all women throughout their life cycle.[4]
Options A, B, and D are incorrect as they wrongly attribute the Beijing Declaration to other international organizations (Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Forum, and East Asia Summit) and misrepresent its purpose. The document is specifically a UN initiative focused on women's rights and gender equality, not on terrorism, economic growth, or wildlife trafficking.
Sources- [1] https://www.un.org/en/conferences/women/beijing1995
- [2] https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf
- [3] https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf
- [4] https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf
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- Statement 1: Was the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted as an agenda for women's empowerment at the United Nations World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995)?
- Statement 2: Was the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action issued by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a strategy to tackle regional terrorism?
- Statement 3: Was the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) as a plan of action for sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific?
- Statement 4: Was the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action issued by the East Asia Summit as a strategy to combat wildlife trafficking?
- Official UN conference document records the conference outcome and adoption.
- Shows the Declaration and Platform for Action were adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, 4–15 September 1995.
- UN web summary explicitly states the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action were adopted by countries at the conference.
- Directly labels the document 'an agenda for women’s empowerment', tying adoption to that role.
- The Platform for Action text describes itself as 'an agenda for action', indicating its intended use to promote women's rights.
- Frames the Platform's purpose as promoting and protecting women's human rights across their life cycle.
Shows that UN world conferences commonly produce named action plans or 'Agendas' (e.g., Agenda 21 from the 1992 UNCED in Rio).
A student can infer it is plausible that a 1995 UN World Conference on Women could likewise have produced a named declaration/platform, and then check conference records or UN archives for a Beijing document.
Reinforces the pattern that major UN conferences (Earth Summit delegates from many nations) frame non‑binding action plans titled as agendas or declarations.
Use this pattern to treat the existence of a 'Beijing Declaration' as plausible and look up the specific 1995 conference outputs to confirm.
States that UN high‑level meetings (e.g., Millennium Summit) produce declarations addressing issues including discrimination against women, indicating the UN uses declarations to address women's rights.
Combine this with knowledge that there was a 1995 World Conference on Women to reason that the UN likely produced a declaration/platform on women's empowerment at that conference, then verify with UN documents.
Shows the UN adopts universal goals (SDGs) that explicitly include ending discrimination against women, illustrating an ongoing UN practice of formal instruments addressing women's empowerment.
A student can link the UN's history of issuing formal, titled instruments on social issues to expect a dedicated 1995 instrument on women and seek the specific Beijing text.
Describes national institutional mechanisms (National Commission for Women) and government policy focus on women's development, reflecting broader global institutional attention to women's empowerment.
This domestic-level emphasis suggests international conferences (like a UN World Conference on Women) are plausible venues for adopting frameworks that countries then implement; thus check if such a framework (Beijing Declaration/Platform for Action) dates to 1995.
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