'The Beijing Declaration' is concerned with which one of the following issues?

The correct answer is B, Rights of women. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action were adopted at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995. Representatives of 189 countries agreed on a plan to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, and it remains the most widely cited global agenda on women's rights. The Platform for Action names twelve critical areas of concern, among them women and poverty, education and training, health, violence against women, armed conflict, the economy, power and decision-making, human rights, the media, the environment and the girl child. Progress is reviewed every five years, in reviews known as Beijing+5, Beijing+10 and so on, with Beijing+30 held in 2025. Option A is wrong because the main global text on children's rights is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989. Option C is wrong because the right to development was proclaimed in the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986. Option D is wrong because tariff reduction is handled through GATT and the World Trade Organization. Exam tip: Beijing 1995, women; CEDAW 1979 is the women's rights treaty, CRC 1989 the children's.