Implementation of the World Plan of Action adopted by the world Conference of the International Women's Year

XXX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
3490. Implementation of the World Plan of Action adopted by the world Conference of the International Women's Year

The General Assembly, Recalling the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year, adopted by the World Conference of the International Women's Year[1]1, held at Mexico City from 19 June to 2 July 1975, Convinced that a comprehensive and thorough review and appraisal of progress made in meeting the goals of the World Plan of Action is of crucial importance for the success of the Plan and should be undertaken at regular intervals by organizations of the United Nations system, Recognizing that the results of the exercise of the implementation of the World Plan of Action will contribute to the consideration of the review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade and will consequently promote the role of women in the development process,

1. Calls upon the governing bodies of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the relevant specialized agencies and the regional commissions to review annually the activities they have undertaken in accordance with the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year and to integrate such reviews into the reports submitted to the Economic and Social Council;

2. Affirms that a system-wide review and appraisal of the implementation of the World Plan of Action should be undertaken, in the years of the biennial review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade as an input to the process of review and appraisal of progress made under the Strategy;

3. Urges all States and the relevant organs of the United Nations to report to the Secretary-General on measures they have taken for implementing the World Plan of Action and to include relevant information about the integration of women in development;

4. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to consider reports submitted on measures undertaken in implementation of the World Plan of Action, in accordance with the International Development Strategy, and to report its findings and conclusions on major trends and policies with regard to the status of women particularly the integration of women in development, the Economic and Social Council through the Committee for Development Planning and the Committee on Review and Appraisal;

5. Urges the Committee for Development Planning, the Committee on Review and Appraisal and the Economic and Social Council to pay special attention to the question of the status of women in the review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy;

6. Invites the Secretary-General to make appropriate arrangements for the first review and appraisal of the implementation of the World Plan of Action.

2439th plenary meeting
December 1975

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[1] Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.1), chap. II, sect.A.