8 July 1987

35th plenary meeting

Strengthening the work of the United Nations in integrating women effectively in economic development programmes and activities

The Economic and Social Council,

Aware of its central role in co-ordinating the activities of United Nations organizations and programmes to integrate women in economic development,

Recalling paragraph 338 of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, in which the Economic and Social Council is encouraged to play a more forceful and dynamic role in reviewing and co-ordinating all activities of the United Nations system relevant to women's issues,

Aware of the continued importance of the interrelatedness of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women - equality, development and peace,

1. Takes note of the information contained in the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the work of the United Nations in integrating women effectively in economic development programmes and activities;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, bearing in mind the goals and principles of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, to prepare for submission to the General Assembly at its forty-second session, on the basis of the information already included in his report, an addendum containing a compilation of all legislative mandates governing the integration of women in economic development, including the appropriate sections of international strategies, plans and programmes of action, in order to assist the General Assembly in assessing their continuing relevance for the work programme of the Commission on the Status of Women, and to identify all subprogrammes and major programmes in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 which contain activities related to the integration of women in economic development, including regional subprogrammes, as requested by the Economic and Social Council in resolution 1986/65 of 23 July 1986;

3. Further requests the Secretary-General to make specific recommendations aimed at enhancing co-ordination in the implementation of the economic development measures contained in the Forward-looking Strategies, havng due regard for the matters set out in paragraph 4 (a), (b) and (c) of its resolution 1986/65 and bearing in mind the proposals relating to co-ordination at the intersecretariat level made in section IV of the report of the Secretary-General on co-ordination in the United Nations and the United Nations system;

4. Decides to consider those questions and, in particular, the activities related to the integration of women in economic development set out in the relevant chapters of the draft medium-term plan for the period 1990-1995, at its second regular session of 1988, in the light of the views expressed at the thirty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women.