(Opening and Plenary) High-level meeting convened by the President of the General Assembly on the 30th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women - General Assembly, 80th session

High-level meeting convened by the President of the General Assembly on the 30th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 03:45:41
• Production Date: 22 September 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; ANNALENA BAERBOCK
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS; FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
• Subject Topical: ANNIVERSARIES; COMMEMORATION; CONFERENCES; UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; MULTILATERALISM
• MAMS Id: 3449670
• Parent Id: 3448940; 3448944
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION HL PLENARY 30 ANNIV FOURTH WORLD CONF WOMEN 22 SEP 2025 AM PART 1

Description

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 79/288, the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women under the theme “Recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls” will be convened by the President of the General Assembly on Monday, 22 September 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The high-level meeting convened by the President of the General Assembly is an opportunity for world leaders to demonstrate the political will and accountability required to realize the promise of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and the full and equal enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. With five years remaining in the SDG timeline, the high-level meeting will be leveraged to identify areas to prioritize for investment, acceleration and action, in alignment with national priorities, which are essential to achieve sustainable development, peace and human rights.

Opening segment

• Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly
• António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General
• Huang Xiaowei, Deputy Head of the National Working Committee on Children and Women of the State Council of China, as host of the Fourth World Conference on Women
• Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women
• Diene Keita, Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund
• Nahla Haider, Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• Claudia Flores, Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls.
• Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences
• Cecilia Suárez, Eminent high-level champion of gender equality and UN Global Advocate for Spotlight Initiative
• Memory Kachambwa, Executive Director of the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
• Nadia Murad, Human Rights Activist and Founder of Nadia's initiative

Plenary segment

Statements by Member States, members of the specialized agencies, and intergovernmental organizations and entities that have observer status with the General Assembly:

• Suriname
• Switzerland
• Namibia
• Slovenia
• Marshall Islands
• Monaco
• Senegal
• Central African Republic
• Liberia
• Czechia
• Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
• Ireland
• Fiji
• Norway
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Luxembourg
• Pakistan
• Montenegro
• Lebanon
• Japan
• Turkmenistan
• Costa Rica
• Qatar
• Burkina Faso
• Kiribati

Guiding questions

1. Reaffirmation: What structural changes have been made in the last five years to achieve gender equality? What have been the impacts? How will these achievements be maintained and expanded?

2. Resources: What are some successful approaches to strengthening gender equality through public policy implementation and monitoring (budgeting, accountability mechanisms, collaboration with stakeholders, capacity development, etc.)? What are some innovative ways of resourcing that have been adopted, including for national gender equality machineries, to ensure the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action?

3. Acceleration: What concrete commitments can be made to significantly accelerate progress toward national gender equality priorities, in line with the Beijing+30 process?

Related Sites and Documents

A/RES/79/228