Participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
- Author: UN General Assembly (40th sess. : 1985-1986)
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Date:
13 December 1985
Participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation
The General Assembly, Confirming the noble goal enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations to maintain peace and security in the world and the determination of the States Members of the United Nations expressed therein to save present and succeeding generations from the scourge of war, Recalling that the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, held at Nairobi from 15 to 26 July 1985, in adopting the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, underlined the importance of the participation of women in promoting international peace and co-operation, Convinced that the International Year of Peace, proclaimed for the year 1986 by the General Assembly in its resolution 40/3 of 24 October 1985, could give new impulses for safeguarding international peace and security, 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 39/124 of 14 December 1984, in which it requested the Commission on the Status of Women to consider what measures might be necessary in order to implement the Declaration, Wishing to encourage the active participation of women in promoting international peace and security and co-operation, Convinced that increased efforts are required to eliminate still existing forms of discrimination against women in every field of human endeavour, 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. Appeals to all Governments to take the necessary measures for putting into practice the principles and provisions of the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Co-operation;
3. Invites all Governments to give wide publicity to the Declaration and its implementation;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take adequate steps to ensure that publicity is given to the Declaration;
5. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization and other appropriate bodies within the United Nations system to consider adequate measures to implement the Declaration;
6. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to consider measures which may be necessary to implement the Declaration in the context of the forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women for the period up to the year 2000;
7. Decides to consider the further implementation of the Declaration at its forty-first session, as a sub-item of an item entitled "Forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women to the year 2000"..
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