OEA/Ser.P AG/RES. 1768 (XXXI-O/01) 5 June 2001 Original: Spanish SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION AG/RES. 1456 (XXVII-O/97), "PROMOTION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 'CONVENTION OF BELÉM DO PARÁ'" (Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 5, 2001; subject to review by the Style Committee) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RECALLING resolution AG/RES. 1456 (XXVII-O/97), "Promotion of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 'Convention of Belém do Pará,'" which, to ensure follow-up of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, instructed the Permanent Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to present biennial reports to the General Assembly on progress made in the Convention's implementation and on experiences and results achieved through the initiatives and programs pursued in the member states to combat violence against women; RECALLING ALSO resolution AG/RES. 1626 (XXIX-O/99), "First Biennial Report on Compliance with Resolution AG/RES. 1456 (XXVII-O/97), "Promotion of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 'Convention of Belém do Pará'"; CONSIDERING that the number of countries that have ratified the Convention of Belém do Pará has recently risen to 30, thereby demonstrating their support for and interest in the issue of violence against women; RECOGNIZING that although the project carried out by the CIM and the CIM report show that efforts are being made throughout the Hemisphere to attain the objectives of the Convention of Belém do Pará, and that although significant progress has been made, violence persists and is of such a magnitude that strategies must continue to be implemented to free women from that scourge; and RECALLING that, in the Plans of Action adopted at the First and Second Summit of the Americas, a commitment was made, in addressing the subject of women, to take steps to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women, as was done in the CIM Strategic Plan of Action, which assigned priority to this topic, and in the Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality, adopted by this Assembly, RESOLVES: 1. To note with satisfaction the Second Biennial Report to the General Assembly on Compliance with Resolution AG/RES. 1456 (XXVII-O/97), "Promotion of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 'Convention of Belém do Pará.'" 2. To express its satisfaction with the progress made by the CIM and the member states in promoting the Convention and in attaining its objectives, in accordance with the priorities established in the Plans of Action of the Summits of the Americas, the Strategic Plan of Action of the CIM, and the Inter-American Program for the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality. 3. To encourage the governments that have not yet done so to ratify the Convention of Belém do Pará, and to urge all member states to continue to promote measures to prevent, punish, and eradicate violence against women in the Hemisphere, especially by adjusting their legislation in pursuance of this objective. 4. To urge the CIM and the member states to continue to develop strategies to attain the objectives of this Convention, and to publish the results in the next CIM follow-up report.