Decides that the Commission on the Status of Women shall have a catalytic role in mainstreaming a gender perspective in policies and programmes; decides that the Platform for Action should be implemented through the work of all the bodies and organizations of the UN system during the period 1995-2000; recommends that the regional follow-up and monitoring of the regional platforms and programmes of action should be utilized as inputs for the review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action; recommends also that the Council consider how best to integrate the inputs of regional commissions into the overall monitoring and follow-up to the Platform for Action.

Adopted without vote, 43rd meeting

Adopted at the 43rd plenary meeting, 22 July 1996.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1996, New York, 25 Jan. and 6-9 Feb. 1996; resumed organizational session for 1996, New York, 2 Apr. and 2-3 May 1996; substantive session of 1996, New York, 24 June-26 July 1996; resumed substantive session of 1996, New York, 10 Oct. and 13-14 and 20 Nov. 1996 - E/1996/96 - p. 20-22 - (ESCOR, 1996, Suppl. no. 1).