Decides that the consultation on women in public life should be an intergovernmental meeting; urges all Governments to participate actively in the consultation and for that purpose to designate as participants women who currently hold leadership positions in Government and national institutions and organizations or are considered to have the potential for high public office; invites Governments and national institutions and organizations to provide extrabudgetary resources to facilitate preparations for the consultation, especially for the participation of least developed countries and for the dissemination of information about the consultation in the mass media; requests the Secretary-General to take steps to ensure the necessary servicing and support of the consultation and to transmit its conclusions in a report to the General Assembly at its 46th session.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

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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. 231. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).