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UN Commission on the Status of Women

Commons · Question 38586 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UN Commission on the Status of Women's decision to (a) change its climate change commitments from the declaration

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 27 Mar 2025

Member states successfully adopted a consensus Political Declaration at the 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women. In our assessment, new language on the right of all women and girls to enjoy the highest standard of physical and mental health, includi...