'Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action', often seen in the news, is
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) an agenda for women's empowerment, an outcome of a World Conference convened by the United Nations
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action came out of the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in September 1995. It is a global agenda for women's empowerment and gender equality. It has nothing to do with terrorism, Asia-Pacific economic growth or wildlife trafficking.
- ✗ (a) The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation largely focuses on regional security, including counter-terrorism. The Beijing document is not an SCO counter-terrorism strategy.
- ✗ (b) Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) works on trade and growth in the region. The Beijing Platform came from a UN conference on women, not from any Asia-Pacific economic forum.
- ✓ (c) It was adopted unanimously by 189 countries at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, convened by the United Nations in Beijing. It is an agenda for women's empowerment and is considered the key global policy document on gender equality.
- ✗ (d) The East Asia Summit did not issue it. The document is about women's advancement, not wildlife trafficking.
Remember · Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995): outcome of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. It is the global agenda for women's empowerment and gender equality.
Sources
- UN Women – World Conferences on Women ↗ · reference work “The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action , adopted unanimously by 189 countries, is an agenda for women’s empowerment and considered the key global policy document on gender equality.”
- United Nations DAW – Fourth World Conference on Women, Platform for Action ↗ “Beijing, China - September 1995 Action for Equality, Development and Peace PLATFORM FOR ACTION”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
