Participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

 

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, by which it proclaimed the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation, Recalling its resolution 38/105 of 16 December 1983, in which it requested the Commission on the Status of Women to consider what measures might be necessary in order to implement the Declaration, 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, Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/16 of 24 May 1984, in which the Council took into account the fact that millions of women were still experiencing untold sufferings and violations of human dignity resulting from different forms and manifestations of colonialism, foreign domination, apartheid and racial discrimination, Conscious of the need to implement the provisions of the Declaration,

1. Pledges its determination to encourage the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural, civil and political affairs of society and in the endeavour to promote international peace and co-operation;

2. Invites all Governments to take the necessary measures to ensure wide publicity for the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation and the implementation thereof;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take adequate steps to ensure that publicity is given to the Declaration;

4. Invites 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 to consider adequate measures to implement the Declaration;

5. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women as the preparatory body for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women, to consider measures which may be necessary to implement the Declaration in the context of forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women for the period up to the year 2000;

6. Decides to consider the further implementation of the Declaration at its fortieth session, in the light of the report of the World Conference to be held in 1985, under the item entitled "United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace".