Welcomes the holding, 4-8 June 2001 at Ulaanbaatar, of the expert group meeting on the situation of rural women within the context of globalization; requests the Secretary-General to prepare a user-friendly publication based, inter alia, on case studies presented at the expert group meeting in order to raise awareness of the situation of rural women in the context of globalization; also requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States on the desirability of convening a high-level policy consultation at the governmental level with a view to setting priorities and developing critical strategies that would meet the manifold challenges faced by rural women; welcomes the convening of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa in Sept. 2002, including the review of chapter 24 of Agenda 21, entitled "Global action for women towards sustainable and equitable development", entailing, inter alia, measures to improve the situation of women in rural areas, and the World Food Summit: 5 years later, to be held in Italy in June 2002, and urges Governments to integrate a gender perspective, with attention to the improvement of the situation of women in rural areas, in the respective processes and outcome documents; invites the Commission on the Status of Women to pay due attention to the situation of rural women in the consideration of the priority themes identified in its multi-year programme of work for the period 2002-2006.

Adopted without vote, 88th plenary meeting

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