Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Requests INSTRAW, in accordance with its mandate, to coordinate further its activities and to develop its programme of work in collaboration with other relevant UN entities; also requests the Institute, in accordance with its mandate, to collaborate with the UN system, national machinery, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in promoting international cooperation to foster women's empowerment and gender equality; further requests the Institute, in accordance with its mandate and in close coordination with UNFPA, UNICEF and other relevant UN programmes and funds, to actively participate in and contribute to discussions on issues related to international migration and development and to actively participate in and contribute to the examination of the special theme for the 39th session of the Commission on Population and Development in 2006, "International migration and development"; requests the Institute, within its mandate, to continue to assist countries in promoting and supporting the political participation and economic and social advancement of women through training programmes; decides to provide its full support to the current efforts to revitalize the Institute and, in this regard, to provide it with the requisite funds to enable it to carry out its core functions for the biennium 2006-2007; requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its 62nd session on the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted 95-10-25, 69th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.