Women and children in Namibia.

Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to make resources available to assist in making the repatriation process as smooth as possible and to continue material and financial support to Namibian women and children during the transitional period; urges all parties to respect the process of implementing Security Council resolution 435 (1978), in order to ensure independence for Namibia; invites the Commission on the Status of Women to help raise international consciousness of the special circumstances and concerns of Namibian women; requests the Secretary-General to encourage and give special attention to the full and equal participation of Namibian women, in both registration and voting; further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its 34th session a comprehensive report on the implementation and monitoring of the Forward-looking Strategies regarding women and children in Namibia.

Adopted without vote, 15th meeting

Adopted at the 15th plenary meeting, 24 May 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1989, 2-24 May 1989. - E/1989/INF/7. - 14 July 1989. - p. 57-58. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1.