; Whereas girls ages 15 through 19 have the highest risk of experiencing sexual violence and currently account for 75 percent of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa totaling 1,000 newly infected young women each day; Whereas complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death among girls 15 to 19 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa where 90 percent of adolescent pregnancies are associated with child marriage; Whereas female genital mutilation/cutting (referred to in this resolution as FGM/C ), an invasive procedure with no medical necessity, represents a form of gender-based discrimination, is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women and can be recognized as sexual violence; Whereas over 200,000,000 women and girls living today endured the irreversible procedure FGM/C and according to the World Health Organization, over 3,900,000 additional girls are at risk of suffering FGM/C each year; Whereas FGM/C causes irreparable deformation, pain, bleeding, and increased risk of HIV infection, and can result in complications such as shock, fistulas, complications of childbirth, and death; Whereas sexual violence against children, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this resolution as the CDC ), includes all forms of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. This encompasses a range of acts, including completed nonconsensual sex acts (such as rape), attempted nonconsensual sex acts, abusive sexual contact (such as unwanted touching), and noncontact sexual abuse (such as threatened sexual violence, exhibitionism, verbal sexual harassment, and use of explicit images)