Resolution on the 1993 Vienna Declaration
As adopted by the Congress of Liberal International, Budapest, Hungary 21-23 March 2002
 The human rights of women and of the girl-child are an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights. The full and equal participation of women in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life, at the national, regional and international levels, and the eradication of all forms of discrimination on grounds of sex are priority objectives of the international community.
Liberal International is of the opinion that the reservations made by the states which are party to the declaration are counterproductive to the universality of women’s rights and therefore demands:
BE IT RESOLVED that Liberal International take concrete steps to bring the issue of reservations to the attention of Liberal International member bodies, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Liberal International take a leadership role in bringing to the attention of its member bodies the specific United Nations guidelines for reporting by States parties on reservations which they have entered to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Liberal International urge all its member bodies to adhere fully without reservations to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women so that the Vienna Declaration can be realized.
