Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1990
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SymbolA/RES/45/125
TitleImprovement of the status of women in the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Urges the Secretary-General to continue, in accordance with the Charter of UN, all possible efforts to increase the number of women employed throughout the UN system, particularly in senior policy-level and decision-making posts, and particularly from the developing countries in view of the small proportion of women from these countries in such posts, in order to achieve an overall participation rate of 30 per cent by the end of 1990 and 35 per cent by 1995; requests Member States to continue to support the efforts of UN, the specialized agencies and the regional commissions to increase the percentage of women in the Professional category and above by, inter alia, nominating more women candidates, especially for senior policy-level and decision-making posts, by encouraging women to apply for vacant posts and by creating national rosters of women candidates to be shared with the Secretariat, the governing bodies of the specialized agencies and the regional commissions; further requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to ensure that adequate machinery, with the authority of enforcement and the responsibility of accountability, and including a senior-level official devoted to implementation of the action programme, is maintained and, to the extent possible, strengthened during the course of the programme for the period 1991-1995.
Action note1990-12-14
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 68th meeting
Meeting record
A/45/PV.68
Agenda information
A/45/251 102 Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2000. WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 21 Feb. 1991.
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3 p.
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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 228-229. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 228-229. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).