International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

Recommends that the Institute give priority to co-operation with the regional commissions, other UN bodies and the specialized agencies in future programming of joint activities; notes with interest the International Consultative Meeting on Communications for Women in Development organized by the Institute in co-operation with other organizations of the UN system, and endorses the recommendation of the Board that the report of the meeting be disseminated; affirms that the role of the Institute in implementing the system-wide medium-term plan for women and development, which places emphasis on analysis of the interrelationship of factors affecting women and development, is important for the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women; notes that in 1990 the Institute will observe the 10th anniversary of its establishment; appeals to Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other potential donors to contribute to the UN Trust Fund for INSTRAW.

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. 74-75. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1.