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"I want to publicly express my vote in favour of the joint motion for a resolution on ending female genital mutilation. This barbaric practice cannot be justified on health grounds and does not respond to any religious obligation; it merely constitutes an act of violence against women, a violation of their right to the safety and integrity of the person, as well as to mental, physical, sexual and reproductive health. In addition, as it is often carried out with rudimentary instruments and without antiseptic precautions, it puts women at risk of further harmful effects such as infection, shock and transmission of the AIDS virus. As the majority of mutilated girls are under the age of 15, this practice ultimately constitutes a violation of children's rights. I therefore join with my fellow Members to ask the United Nations General Assembly, which is to meet this October, to adopt a resolution with a view to ending female genital mutilation worldwide, by strengthening regional and international legal instruments to severely and unequivocally punish any violation of the new rules prohibiting it and creating new mechanisms to coordinate, monitor and evaluate law enforcement."@en1
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