Women in development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999
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SymbolA/RES/54/210
TitleWomen in development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Women in development
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Summary
Calls for the accelerated and effective implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the relevant provisions contained in the outcomes of all other major UN conferences and summits; urges Governments to develop and to promote methodologies for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all aspects of policy-making, including economic policy-making; requests Governments to ensure that the priorities of women are included in, and that women fully participate in, decisions on public investment programmes for economic infrastructure, technology, water supply and sanitation, electrification and energy conservation, transport and road construction and to promote the greater involvement of women beneficiaries at the project planning and implementation stages to ensure their access to jobs and contracts; urges the international community, the UN system and relevant organizations to give priority to assisting the efforts of developing countries to ensure the full and effective participation of women in deciding and implementing development strategies and integrating gender concerns into national programmes; calls upon developed countries to strengthen their efforts to achieve, as soon as possible, the agreed target of 0.7% of their gross national product for overall official development assistance and, where agreed, within that target to earmark 0.15-0.20% of gross national product for the least developed countries, so as to assist the developing countries in implementing strategies to eradicate poverty and to promote development and gender equality; requests the Secretary-General to update the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development for the consideration of the General Assembly at its 59th session.
Action note1999-12-22
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 87th meeting
DraftA/C.2/54/L.52
Committee reportA/54/587/Add.3
Meeting record
A/54/PV.87
Agenda information
A/54/251 99c Women in development. WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
Date[New York] : UN, 1 Feb. 2000
Description
6 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 87th plenary meeting, 22 Dec. 1999.