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4.23. Governments are urged to take the necessary measures to prevent infanticide, prenatal sex selection, trafficking in girl children and use of girls in prostitution and pornography.”
30. The Resolution 56/139 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, on 26.2.2002 expressed deep concern about discrimination against the girl child, including practices such as female infanticide, incest, early marriage, prenatal sex selection etc. The Resolution also urged States to enact and enforce legislation to protect girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, and to develop ageappropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence. The General Assembly of United Nations adopted the following resolution no.56/139 on 26.2.2002:
“Deeply concerned about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, nutrition and physical and mental health care and in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and to violence and harmful practices, such as female infanticide, incest, early marriage, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation.
10. Also urges all States to enact and enforce legislation to protect girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, and to develop age appropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence.”
“…Deeply concerned also about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, including girls with disabilities, which often result in less access for girls to education, and to quality education, nutrition, including food allocation, and physical and mental healthcare services, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving them more vulnerable than boys to the consequences of unprotected and premature sexual relations and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and violence, abuse, rape, incest, honourrelated crimes and harmful practices, such as female infanticide, child, early and forced marriage, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation.