Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of those "who fought for every phrase, every word in the Beijing Declaration ," marking the 30th Anniversary of the pivotal international conference on women's empowerment.
During the landmark 1995 event in the Chinese capital, countries came together and adopted the Beijing Declaration - a blueprint document for advancing women's rights (read our explainer, here ).
At the high-level celebratory event on Monday, countries, civil society organizations, and representatives from academia and the private sector discussed how to accelerate its implementation.
"For so many of us here in this room, we hold positions that when we ourselves were young, seemed unattainable, but are now almost normal for the next generation," said Annalena Baerbock, referring to the notion that "women's rights are human rights," - the rallying cry from First Lady Hillary Clinton 30 years ago in Beijing.
