Senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 33/188 of 29 January 1979, 35/137 of 11 December 1980 and 37/62 of 3 December 1982 and, in particular, its view that the appointment of senior women's programme officers at the regional commissions represents a valuable contribution to the implementation of the goals of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recalling also its resolution 38/106 of 16 December 1983, in particular the reference to the question of senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of that resolution, Reaffirming that questions concerning women should be approached and dealt with as an integral part of overall policies and programmes in the field of social and economic development, Convinced that further efforts are needed to ensure the maintenance and continuation, at the appropriate level, of posts assigned to women's programmes at the regional commissions, Recognizing that these posts are integral to the successful outcome of national and regional programmes for women,

1. Takes due note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions;

2. Takes note of the decision of the Secretary-General to continue posts through temporary arrangements during 1985;

3. Expresses deep concern that there has been a lack of progress in regularizing senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions and that work with respect to women's programmes is thereby seriously impeded;

4. Stresses that the appointment of senior women's programme officers at the regional commissions represents a valuable contribution to the implementation of the goals of the United Nations Decade for Women:

Equality, Development and Peace, and beyond;

5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive secretaries of the five regional commissions, to reassess all individual work programmes, with a view to incorporating women's concerns at all levels in the overall programme of work of each Commission;

6. Also requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive secretaries of the five regional commissions, to allocate sufficient budgetary resources to staff, including, where possible, by redeployment, within the context of the 1986-1987 programme budget, in order to regularize all temporary and permanent senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions before the end of the Decade, so as to allow the integration of policies and programmes concerning women;

7. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on measures taken in implementation of paragraph 5 above.