SRI Statement at ECOSOC Meeting

Published on July 20, 2013

Today, the SRI delivered a statement at the 2013 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN. During the General Segment, under an agenda item on health, the SRI called for prioritization of sexual and reproductive rights and health and application of a human rights-based approach to policy formulation and programming. It drew the ECOSOC’s attention to guidance developed by various UN human rights bodies including treaty monitoring bodies, UN Special Procedures and UN agencies, among others. It called upon the UN system to fully implement these guidance in all its work, including formulation of the post-2015 development agenda.
 

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Panel ECOSOC