Further Actions and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action

This is the final document that was adopted by the plenary of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. This session, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century," was convened 5-9 June 2000 for the purpose of evaluating progress made in implementing the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women (FSAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA). Part II of this document describes, in general terms, achievements and obstacles in implementing the PFA's 12 critical areas for priority action. Part III identifies recent developments, such as globalisation, increasing economic disparities among and within nations, and scientific and technological change, which create new challenges to the complete implementation of the PFA. Part IV sets out actions that are needed to achieve "the full and accelerated implementation" of the PFA.