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Also in this section: Female genital mutilation: table of contents What is female genital mutilation? What is the IPU doing? Legislation and other national provisions Quote-unquote Related sections: Women in politics Human Rights What is the IPU? What's new on this site? Quick Search Feedback	PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN "STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN": FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION     List of references Female genital mutilation was first mentioned in a resolution adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1952. Since then, it has consistently been a cause for international concern. Treaties and other recent international agreements Declaration and Plan of Action of the First Ministerial Conference on Human Rights in Africa, Organization of African Unity, 1999 Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional Practices, of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights, 1994 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993 Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Organization of African Unity, 1990 (not yet in force) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, United Nations, 1979 UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women Established at UNIFEM in 1997, the Trust Fund was created by the UN General Assembly in response to the urgent call for action on these issues that emanated from Beijing. As of July 2000, the Trust Fund has mobilized US$ 4.3 million in funds from governments and private donors to support NGO projects addressing violence against women. United Nations Traditional or Customary Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Girls: Report A/56/316, of 21 August 2001, of the United Nations Secretary-General to the General Assembly Fact Sheet N° 23 of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children. Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994 1994 Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children Report of the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Sub-commission on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and the Children: E/CN.4/1986/42; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/42 and Add.1, and E/CN.4/Sub.2/1991/6 General Recommendation N° 24 of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Women and Health, 1999 General Recommendation N° 19 of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Violence against Women, 1992 General Recommendation N° 14 of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Excision, 1990 World Health Organization Fact Sheet N° 241, June 2000, on Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation: An Overview, 1998 1994 Resolution of the Forty-seventh World Health Assembly WHA47.10 Organization of African Unity Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children. This body brings together 26 African countries and four affiliated European countries. Declaration on the importance of adopting legislation against female genital mutilation, 1997 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Female genital mutilation. Resolution 1247 (2001) European Parliament Report 2001/2035 (INI) on female genital mutilation. Doc. A5-0285/2001 of 17 July 2001
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