Commends the focus by the Fund, in accordance with its mandate as set out in the annex to resolution 39/125, on strategic programmes in its 3 key thematic areas of work, in line with its strategic plan, 2008-2011, namely, enhancing women's economic security and rights, ending violence against women and reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among women and achieving gender equality in democratic governance, as well as eradicating feminized poverty and supporting innovative programming in the context of the Beijing Platform for Action and commitments made at the 23rd special sess. of the General Assembly and at the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women; urges all organizations of the UN system, within their mandates, to mainstream a gender perspective and to pursue gender equality and the empowerment of women in all their programmes, planning instruments and sector-wide programmes, to articulate specific global, regional and country-level benchmarks, goals and targets in this field in accordance with national development strategies, and to ensure monitoring and evaluation of and reporting on the activities of the UN system in this regard, while also encouraging the participation of women in these processes, where appropriate.

Adopted without vote, 76th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.