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Chinese envoy calls for further commitments for gender equality, women's empowerment

(Xinhua)    10:35, July 01, 2015
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UNITED NATIONS, June 30 -- A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday said the Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, which will be cohosted by China and UN Women, will help achieve the goals on gender equality in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

"This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the 20th anniversary of the implementation of China's basic national policy of gender equality," said Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, at the 2015 Annual Session of the Executive Board of UN Women.

"On Sept. 27 this year, China and UN Women will co-host the Global Leaders' Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at the UN Headquarters. President Xi Jinping will chair the meeting and make a statement, while United Nations Secretary- General Ban Kim-moon will attend and address the opening ceremony, " said Wang.

"This meeting will give Member States a powerful impetus to implement Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and to achieve the goals on gender equality in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. We look forward to the participation of world leaders, where they would make further commitments for the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment, and take concrete action to achieve greater progress globally," said Wang.

Regarding the work of UN Women, Wang said that "economic empowerment of women will help improve the health and education of women and children, and is vital for breaking the cycle of inter- generational poverty and maintaining the synergy between economic growth and social development."

China supports UN Women to keep economic empowerment as a strategic focus, prioritize the effort to promote equal rights of women in education, health and employment, and actively engage in North-South cooperation and triangular cooperation, so as to advance a development-based approach to women's empowerment, according to Wang.

In terms of internal auditing, Wang said "last year, the audit coverage ratio of UN Women was 23 percent. While it was an improvement compared with previous years, the number is still low. China is in favor of the relevant recommendations of the Audit Advisory Committee aimed at increasing the internal audit coverage ratio of UN Women."

"At the same time, we propose that UN Women conduct regular monitoring and assessing of its resource volume and financing capacity, so that its operations can be assured of adequate and sustainable support," said Wang.

UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

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