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In september 1995 the united nations convened the fourth world conference on women in beijing, china. Implementation of the beijing declaration and platform for action 1995 and the conclusions of the 23rd special session of the general assembly 2000 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fourth world conference on women and the adoption of the beijing declaration and platform for action in 2015, may 2014. Beijing platform for action and its 12 critical areas of. Nearly 180 government delegations and 2,500 nongovernmental organizations met to discuss a broad range of issues concerning women. The three previous world conferences had been held in mexico city international womens year, 1975, copenhagen 1980 and nairobi 1985.