24 May 1990

13th Plenary Meeting

1990/9. Second report on the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women

The Economic and Social Council,

Bearing in mind its resolution 1988/22 of 26 May 1988, in which it established a comprehensive reporting system for the quinquennial review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,

Taking note of the first report of the Secretary-General on progress at the national, regional and international levels in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,

Bearing in mind the obstacles encountered in the preparation of that report, in particular the inadequate response to the questionnaire on progress at the national level,

Aware of the need for disaggregated information on the condition of women, in particular in developing countries,

Aware that gender-based statistics produced by the Statistical Office of the United Nations Secretariat, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and their partners in the United Nations system should facilitate more serious research at all levels in the years to come,

Concerned that financial resources for activities related to the advancement of women in the United Nations system have not increased,

Bearing in mind the recommendations and conclusions arising from the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, contained in Council resolution 1990/15 of 24 May 1990,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to base the second report on progress made in the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women on national reports and available analyses of statistical data in the United Nations system, as well as in other pertinent governmental and non-governmental organizations;

2. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its thirty-sixth session a report containing:

(a) Information on data that will be used in the formulation of the second report;

(b) An outline of the second report, in which special emphasis should be given to the recommendations and conclusions arising from the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, contained in Council resolution 1990/15 of 24 May 1990, in particular those referring to the condition of women in developing countries.