Participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation

  • Author: UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984)
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  • Date:
    16 December 1983
 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation

  The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 37/63 of 3 December 1982, in which it proclaimed the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation, Believing that further efforts are required to eliminate discrimination against women in all its forms and in every field of human endeavour, Wishing to encourage the active participation of women in promoting international peace and security and co-operation, Conscious of the need to implement the provisions of the Declaration, Desiring that publicity be given to the Declaration,

1. Calls upon the Secretary-General to disseminate widely the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation in the six official languages of the United Nations;

2. Invites all Governments to take the necessary measures to ensure wide publicity for the Declaration;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the Declaration to the attention of the appropriate specialized agencies, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organization and other appropriate bodies within the United Nations system, for the consideration of measures to implement the Declaration;

4. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to consider what measures may be necessary in order to implement the Declaration and to report, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session;

5. Decides to consider at its thirty-ninth session the report of the Commission on the Status of Women under the item entitled "United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace" together with the preparations for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women, to be held in 1985.

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