24 May 1990

13th Plenary Meeting

1990/10. Integration of women in the international development strategy for the fourth United Nations development decade

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 44/169 of 19 December 1989, which contains an outline for the elaboration of an international development strategy for the fourth United Nations development decade,

Recognizing that a major theme of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, particularly paragraphs 109-111 thereof, is the role of women in development,

Stressing the critical role women play in the development process, and that women constitute 50 per cent of available human resources,

Noting that the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole for the Preparation of the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 43/182 of 20 December 1988, will elaborate the outline contained in General Assembly resolution 44/169, with a view to finalizing the strategy in 1990,

1. Recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole for the Preparation of the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade identify strategies for ensuring that women's needs and contribution to the development process are reflected in all aspects of the international development strategy, including human resource development and economic growth;

2. Further recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee, in finalizing the international development strategy for the fourth United Nations development decade, consider measures to ensure the full and effective participation of women in development, taking into consideration Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/105 of 27 July 1989, paragraph 11, as well as relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its thirty-fourth session;

3. Urges Member States to give special attention to the role of women in development when preparing their contributions to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee in finalizing the international development strategy for the fourth United Nations development decade and, in this regard, to consult with national machinery and the non-governmental organizations concerned with women in development;

4. Decides that the Commission on the Status of Women should monitor the implementation of the international development strategy as it pertains to women and development in the context of its review of the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women.