Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations System

Recognizes that the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality remains an important forum for the exchange and cross-fertilization of ideas on gender mainstreaming within the UN system; encourages all UN entities to continue investing in capacity development; requests all relevant UN entities to maintain their efforts to raise awareness of gender issues within their organizations and across the UN system; stresses the important role that senior management plays in creating an environment that actively supports gender mainstreaming; requests the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality to continue to provide practical support to its members in gender mainstreaming; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2008 a detailed report on the implementation of paragraph 4 of Council resolution 2006/36 and on progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 47th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2007, New York, 17 and 22 Jan., 6, 9 and 15 Feb., 2 and 15 Mar. and 16 Apr. 2007; resumed organizational session for 2007, New York, 25 and 26 Apr. and 24 May 2007, substantive session of 2007, Geneva, 2-27 July 2007, resumed substantive session of 2007, New York, 4 and 17 Oct. 2007 - E/2007/99 - p. 91-93 - (ESCOR, 2007, Suppl. no. 1).