Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
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SymbolA/RES/53/120
TitleFollow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Follow-up to the 4th World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
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Summary
Requests all bodies that deal with programme and budgetary matters, including the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the governing bodies of UN funds and programmes, to ensure that all programmes, medium-term plans and, in particular, programme budgets visibly mainstream a gender perspective; requests the Economic and Social Council to ensure that gender mainstreaming is an integral part of all its activities concerning integrated follow-up to recent UN conferences; urges Governments that have not yet done so to establish or strengthen appropriate national machineries for the advancement of women at the highest political level; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that a gender perspective is integral to all operational activities; reiterates that the special session which will take place from 5-9 June 2000, should review and appraise progress in implementation; decides that the special session shall be entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century"; requests the Secretary-General to provide by the end of 1999 a compilation of updated statistics and indicators on the situation of women and girls, including older women and those with special needs, in countries around the world, including by issuing a new volume of The World's Women.
Action note1998-12-09
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 85th meeting
DraftA/C.3/53/L.27
Committee reportA/53/619
Meeting record
A/53/PV.85
Agenda information
A/53/251 104 Implementation of the outcome of the 4th World Conference on Women. WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT--CONFERENCES (4TH : 1995 : BEIJING)
Date[New York] : UN, 10 Feb. 1999
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8 p.
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Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 9 Dec. 1998.