26 May 1987

14th plenary meeting

Observance of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Development Fund for Women

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 31/133 of 16 December 1976, establishing the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women and setting forth the criteria and arrangements for its management,

Recognizing the dual priorities set forth for the United Nations Development Fund for Women in General Assembly resolution 39/125 of 14 December 1984, namely to serve as a catalyst in the entire United Nations development co-operation system with the goal of ensuring the appropriate involvement of women in mainstream development activities at pre-investment stages, and to support activities directly benefiting women in line with national and regional priorities,

Recognizing also the achievements of the Fund during its first operational decade, its response to the priorities of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, including its new directions based on a programming approach and substantive priority areas of work, with emphasis on the strengthening of national human and institutional capacities to effect the appropriate involvement of women in mainstream development efforts,

1. Recommends to the General Assembly that it observe, at its forty-second session, during one of its regular meetings, the tenth anniversary of the operational activities of the United Nations Development Fund for Women;

2. Invites non-governmental organizations, including national committees, also to observe the anniversary of the Fund;

3. Urges Member States to pledge contributions to the Fund at the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities to be held in November 1987.