International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    16 December 1983
UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984), International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women., A/RES/38/104, UN General Assembly, 16 December 1983, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1983/en/32792 [accessed 14 September 2024]
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 37/56 of 3 December 1982, in which it invited the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session a report on the programme activities of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Taking note of the report of the Institute on its programme activities transmitted to the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/29 of 26 May 1983 on the programme of work of the Institute for the biennium 1984-1985, Bearing in mind that the operation of the Institute depends solely on voluntary contributions,

1. Expresses its satisfaction at the official inauguration of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women at its permanent headquarters at Santo Domingo;

2. Takes note with satisfaction of the programme of work of the Institute and requests that the Institute continue activities that contribute to the full integration of women in the mainstream of development and that due attention be given to the interdependence of micro and macro economy and its impact on the role of women in the development process;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to take into account, when preparing the statute of the Institute, all relevant factors, including the fact that the Institute and its work are funded from voluntary contributions, as well as the principle of equitable geographical distribution applied to the membership of the Board of Trustees;

4. Similarly requests the Economic and Social Council, when considering the statute of the Institute, to take the above-mentioned elements into account;

5. Urges the Secretary-General to continue to provide support to the Institute through the various departments of the Secretariat and to secure office space at United Nations Headquarters for liaison purposes in order to ensure prompt execution of the Institute's programme of work, as well as to maintain channels of communication between the Institute and the United Nations in conformity with the decision of the Board of Trustees;

6. Invites Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to meet the urgent need for financial resoures in order to implement the programme of work of the Institute;

7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-ninth session a separate item entitled "International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women".

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