Effective mobilization and integration of women in development.

35. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
78. Effective mobilization and integration of women in development

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic cooperation and 2542 (XXIV) of 11 December 1969 containing the Declaration on Social Progress and Development, Recalling further its resolution 34/204 of 10 December 1979 on the effective mobilization and integration of women in development, Noting the report of the Secretary-General on the effective mobilization and integration of women in development,[1] Bearing in mind the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade,[2] Reaffirming the relevant recommendations made by the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women on the implementation of measures to ensure greater participation and full integration of women in development,[3] Reiterating that accelerated development requires the real and effective participation of women and men in all aspects of the development process, Noting with satisfaction the resolution on women and industrialization adopted by the Third General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, held at New Delhi from 21 January to 9 February 1980,[4]

1. Welcomes the inclusion in the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade of special provisions relating to the integration of women in over-all development, in particular the need for all countries to pursue the objective of securing women's equal participation both as agents and as beneficiaries in all sectors and at all levels of the development process;[5]

2. Endorses the resolution on women and industrialization adopted by the Third General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as an important contribution towards the advancement of women and requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session the report of the Executive Director of that organization referred to in the resolution;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the review and appraisal of progress made in implementing the recommendations related to the mobilization of women in development of the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year[6] and the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women[7] is made part of the review and appraisal of progress made in the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade;

4. Calls upon all appropriate organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to give sustained attention to the integration of women in the formulation, design and implementation of development projects and programmes, in the context of the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade;

5. Calls upon all Governments, regional commissions and other organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to make every effort to implement the recommendations and resolutions of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women related to the integration of women in the development process;

6. Urges the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, as well as the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system concerned with the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 35/18 of 10 November 1980, to take fully into account the needs and concerns of women;

7. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations, to continue the efforts to assess the effects of the present international economic structures on the economic and social situation of women in areas such as trade, technology transfer, agriculture and food prices, and industrialization;

8. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and with the specialized agencies and other bodies concerned within the United Nations system, to develop specific action-oriented research and training programmes in this regard, in particular in the field of technical co-operation for development;

9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the implementation of paragraph I of resolution 34/204 on the role of the relevant United Nations agencies and organizations in assisting Governments in the implementation of the provisions on the integration of women in rural development;

10. Further requests the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive and detailed outline for an interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral world survey on the role of women in over-all development, taking into account the relevant recommendations of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, as well as the results of the relevant United Nations conferences on development issues, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session.

83rd plenary meeting
5 December 1980

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[1] A/35/82. [2] See resolution 35/56 above, annex. [3] See Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Copenhagen, 14 to 30 July 1980 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.IV.3 and corrigendum), chap. I. [4] See ID/CONF.4/22 and Corr. 1, chap. IV, sect. B. [5] See resolution 35/56 above, annex, para. 51. [6] See Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year, Mexico City, 19 June-2 July 1975 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV. 1), chap. II, sect. A. [7] See Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Copenhagen, 14 to 30 July 1980 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.IV.3 and corrigendum), chap. I, sect. A.