Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women, G.A. res. 47/174, 47 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 125, U.N. Doc. A/47/49 (1992).


The General Assembly,

Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1991/64 of 26 July 1991 and taking note of Council resolution 1992/53 of 31 July 1992 on the Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women,

Recognizing the critical role of rural women as food producers and architects of household food security,

Noting with deep concern the continuing rise in the number of rural women living in poverty,

Reaffirming its commitment to helping to improve the living conditions of rural women,

Welcoming the holding of the Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women at Geneva on 25 and 26 February 1992, with the participation of a large number of wives of head of State or government and high-level delegations,

Expressing its appreciation to the sponsor of the Summit and the core group of wives of head of State or government who launched the initiative to convene the Summit, as well as to the International Fund for Agricultural Development and other institutions that provided support for it,

1. Welcomes the adoption by the Summit on the Economic Advancement of Rural Women of the Geneva Declaration for Rural Women;

2. Urges all States to work for the achievement of the goals endorsed in the Geneva Declaration;

3. Urges all organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to take into account the goals of the Geneva Declaration in carrying out their programmes, and invites the relevant governing bodies to consider, in the light of the Geneva Declaration, the adoption of specific measures, withintheir respective fields of competence, with a view to meeting the special needs of rural women.

93rd plenary meeting
22 December 1992


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