Employment of women by the secretariats of organizations within the United Nations system

XXIX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
3352. Employment of women by the secretariats of organizations within the United Nations system

The General Assembly, Recalling Article 8 of the Charter of the United Nations as well as its resolution 2716 (XXV) of 15 December 1970 on the programme of concerted international action for the advancement of women and the objectives and minimum targets to be achieved during the Second United Nations Development Decade set forth in the annex to that resolution, particularly those concerned with the increase in the number of women participating in public life at the international level, Noting with appreciation that the reports of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat submitted to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth[1] and twenty-eighth[2] sessions included some information on the employment of women in senior and other Professional positions in the secretariats of organizations within the United Nations system, Noting also that the report of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research entitled The Situation of Women in the United Nations[3] confirms the imbalance in the proportion of women at the higher levels and gives statistics showing the unequal progress of women and men staff members in terms of promotion in the Secretariat, Concerned that these reports reveal an unsatisfactory situation which calls for specific measures and programmes in order to achieve an equitable balance between the number of men and women, particularly in senior and policy-making positions, including those of Under-Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General,

1. Requests the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system to take all necessary measures in order to ensure, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, bearing in mind in particular Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter, that an equitable balance between men and women staff members, particularly in the positions described above, be achieved before the end of the Second United Nations Development Decade at all levels in the United Nations system;

2. Urges the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system, in order to obtain this objective, to give increased attention to the recruitment and promotion of women as well as to the assignments given to them;

3. Further requests the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system to report to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session on steps that have been taken to give effect to paragraphs 1 and 2 above;

4. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to include in his reports on the composition of the Secretariat submitted to the General Assembly comprehensive data on the employment of women in the secretariats of organizations within the United Nations system so as to indicate clearly the nature of posts and types of duties performed by women at Professional and policy-making levels and their nationality composition, bearing in mind the principle of equitable geographical distribution;

5. Further requests the Secretary-General to report on the status of women employees in the General Service category in the secretariats.

2324th plenary meeting
18 December 1974

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[1] A/8483. [2] A/9120 and Corr.1.and 2. [3] UNITAR publication, RR No. 18 (1973)