Saudi Arabia regretted the current situation still faced by women in many parts of the world from, and in particular in the occupied Palestinian territories, the risks to the Palestinian women from serious violations of their rights by the Israeli occupation forces and subjugation of Syrian women from due to violations, violence, exploitation and trade, calling the international community to move, fast and hard, to eliminate such inhumane crimes and practices and hold the doers, accountable. This came in a speech of in the name of Saudi Arabia before the Committee on the Status of Women - 60th session - at the United Nations, here today, which was delivered by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Saad bin Abdullah Al-Saad. He added that "Saudi delegation wishes to congratulate you on holding the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which is an event of great importance, especially, as it confirms the importance of the international community's interest in women's issues and their sustainable development, adopted in September. I would like to emphasize in this regard the importance of commitment to these esteemed women's issues and work to ensure a brighter future for them, in the light of the challenges it faces. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia emphasizes its firm stance, rejecting categorically, to insert disputed terms of gender, gender identity, sexual education and comprehensive health reproduction, referring to homosexuals in any document issued by your esteemed committee, as our interpretation of the term sex, in any document issued and to be issued by the United Nations, is the men and women, and that any human family association only is confined within marriage between a man and a woman, he stressed. In the case of out of these terms for its purposes, my country confirms its right to full sovereign reservation to the implementation of any recommendations contrary to the principles of the Islamic religion, he stated, adding that "I refer to what was done by the Government of the Kingdom in the field of women's political empowerment as its participation in the municipal elections that took place on December 12, 2015 for the first time, as both voter and candidate. On education, he commented, we find that the enrollment of female education rate was 97.39% and provide free education and committed to the highest quality standards, in various stages of education. Female enrollment ratio in higher education institutions is at 51.8%, he pointed, and those enrolled in graduate programs is increasingly expands, following establishment of scientific research centers, providing opportunities for scholarships for students to study abroad, in n of different countries in the world, and in various disciplines" he concluded.
