Question

UPSC Prelims 2015 Question:

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action', often seen in the news, is:

1. a strategy to tackle the regional terrorism, an outcome of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
2. a plan of action for sustainable economic growth in the Asia-Pacific Region, an outcome of the deliberations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum
3. an agenda for women's empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations
4. a strategy to combat wildlife trafficking, a declaration of the East Asia Summit

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3: an agenda for women's empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations

Detailed Solution

Explanation:

The Beijing Declaration was a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.

The resolution adopted to promulgate a set of principles concerning the equality of men and women.

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | International Relations

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