27 July 1988

39th plenary meeting

System-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women: equality, development and peace

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 40/108 of 13 December 1985, in which the Assembly endorsed the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,

Affirming the interrelationship of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace as regards the advancement of women and their full integration in political, economic, social and cultural development and that the objectives of the Decade, in conformity with the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, should remain in effect in the operational strategies for the advancement of women to the year 2000,

Referring to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 37/63 of 3 December 1982, in which the Assembly proclaimed the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation,

Bearing in mind paragraphs 311, 338 and 339 of the Forward-looking Strategies, outlining measures to improve system-wide co-ordination of activities for the advancement of women in the implementation of the Strategies,

Recalling Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 1987/1 of 16 January 1987 on participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation and preparation of the United Nations medium-term plan for the period 1990-1995 and 1987/2 of 16 January 1987 on women and equality and preparation of the United Nations medium-term plan for the period 1990-1995,

Affirming its determination to give adequate attention to all the goals of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace,

1. Urges all United Nations bodies, including the regional commissions, and the specialized agencies that have not yet done so, to develop and implement comprehensive policies for the advancement of women and to incorporate them in their organization's medium-term plans, statements of objectives, programmes and other major policy statements;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and within existing financial resources, to initiate the formulation of a system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, directed towards the objectives of equality, development and peace, for the period 1996-2001, taking into account the priorities recommended by the Economic and Social Council, the provisions of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the views and decisions of the governing bodies of the organizations of the United Nations system, including the regional commissions, on the content of the plan, as well as experience in developing the system-wide medium-term plan for women and development for the period 1990-1995;

3. Recommends all United Nations bodies, including the regional commissions, and the specialized agencies to take into account Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 1987/1 and 1987/2 of 16 January 1987 in the implementation of the system-wide medium-term plan for women and development;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1989 through the Commission on the Status of Women.