BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- The four-day conference to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women concluded here Wednesday, adopting the Beijing + 10 Declaration.

    The following is the full text of the declaration:

    Beijing Plus 10 Declaration Solidarity for Gender Equality, Development and Peace

    We, representatives of Governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society including non-governmental organizations, assembled in Beijing on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, the 10th anniversary of theFourth World Conference on Women and the 5th anniversary of the UN Millennium Summit to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women:

    1. Applauding the roles and great contributions of women to the realization of equality, development and peace; recognizing the diversity and leadership capacity of women as rich resources and driving forces for development;

    2. Affirming the Forth World Conference on Women, as all previous world conferences on women, laid a milestone in globalwomen's movement, and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remain coherent policy document for further advancement of women;

    3. Greatly inspired by the achievements made in the past decade in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and for women's advancement at all levels.

    4. Deeply concerned about obstacles and challenges in the advancement of women, such as persistent poverty,discrimination,violence, armed conflicts, negative impacts of globalization and non-traditional security issues including HIV/AIDS andenvrionmental degradation;

    5. Solemnly reaffirming our commitments to the principle of equality between women and men enshined in the UN Charter, and to the Beijing declaration, the Platform for Action, the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

    6. Stressing the urgency for accelerating full and effective implementation of these documents; stressing also the primary responsibility of governments, the active roles of the civil society including non-governmental organizations, and the importance of international and regional cooperation;