International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

A/RES/31/135View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 1977–1998

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/52/95

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1998	A/RES/52/95	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	383	27%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/163	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	661	23%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/163	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	508	17%Compare
1994	A/RES/48/105	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	521	—
1992	A/RES/46/99	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Guidelines Training and Research Institutions Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

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Appeals to all States which have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960,64 elaborated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and to the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958611 and the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975,66 elaborated by the International Labour Organisation;

Calls upon States to undertake, whenever necessary, in their economic, social and cultural programmes, specific short-term and long-term measures aimed at improving the status and role of women in education,

bearing in mind the following:

The provisions of the Declaration on the Elimi- (a) nation of Discrimination against Women;

The provisions of the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year67 concerning education and training, particularly with respect to an increase in literacy and equal access of women at every level of education, as well as the provisions of the Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education, 1960 and the appropriate recommendation concerning technical and vocational education of the United

64 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, p. 93.

611 International Labour Organisation, Conventions and Recommendations, 1919-1966 (Geneva, 1966), Convention No. 111.

66 International Labour Office, Official Bulletin, vol. LVIII, 1975, Series A, No. 1, Convention No. 142.

67 Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year (United Nations publication,

Sales No. E.76.IV.1), chap. II, sect. A. Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization, and the provisions of the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958, the Human Resources Development Convention, 1975 and the appropriate recommendations concerning discrimination ( employment and occupation), employment ( women with family responsibilities) and human resources development of the International Labour Organisation;

Calls upon States, whenever necessary, to undertake all possible measures to eliminate illiteracy among women, especially during the United Nations Decade for Women;

Calls upon States which have not yet done so 4. to consider undertaking all appropriate measures:

To introduce free and compulsory education at the elementary level and, where possible, free education at all levels, including professional, vocational and technical education, which should be accessible to women without discrimination;

To promote co-education;

To ensure that men and women have access (c) on a footing of equality to scholarships and other study grants when these are provided nationally or are made available to States under bilateral or multilateral agreements;

Recommends that States should introduce measures to expand the exchange of experience on issues concerning the improvement of the status and role of women in education, particularly through courses, seminars and symposiums organized at the national, regional and international levels;

Invites Member States, as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labour Organisation and other organizations of the United Nations system, including regional commissions, and interested intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations having consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, to submit to the Secretary-General their observations concerning the improvement of the status and role of women in education;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Directors-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organisation and taking into account the comments and observations received under paragraph 6 above, to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session a report on the status and role of women in education;

Decides to consider the report of the Secretary- General at its thirty-third session.

31/13:i.

International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

Endorses the decision of the Economic and Social Council to create an International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women;

Endorses the guidelines set out in Economic and Social Council resolution 1998 (LX) regarding the activities of the Institute, in particular the necessary close collaboration with the regional centres and institutes which have similar objectives;

Accepts with appreciation the offer of the Government of Iran to act as host for the Institute;

Requests the Secretary-General to expedite the substantive preparations for the early establishment of the Institute and, to this end, to seek actively financial resources through voluntary contributions as well as technical support for it;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its sixty-second session on the progress achieved.

31/136. United Nations Decade for Women

Approves the Programme for the United Nations Decade for Women, which focuses on the first half of the Decade, 1976 to 1980;

Urges Governments and United Nations bodies to take all necessary steps to give effect to the Programme for the Decade and to give it priority in view of the real need to attain the goals of the Decade;

6SA/3l/310.

69 Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.1), chap. II, sect. A.

10 Ibid., chap. III.

71 E/5894.

Calls upon Governments to take measures to ensure equal and effective participation of women in political, economic, social and cultural life and in policymaking at local, national, regional and international levels, thereby increasing their role in international cooperation and in the strengthening of peace;

Recommends that Governments should establish machinery, where appropriate, which could include governmental and non-governmental agencies, bureaux and commissions, in order to ensure the effective implementation and evaluation of the World Plan of Action and of the Programme for the Decade within the framework of national development plans and regional policies;

Recommends further that Governments, in cooperation with the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies, the regional commissions, appropriate regional and international research centres and institutes as well as appropriate intergovernmental bodies, should undertake the organization of training courses and seminars whereby officials responsible for the formulation and implementation of national development plans would study multidisciplinary techniques and methods which can be utilized in effectively integrating women in development;

Invites, as a matter of priority, Governments and organizations and bodies of the United Nations system as well as all governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned and the mass media to undertake massive public information programmes with a view to making all sectors of the population aware of the need to implement fully the Programme for the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to take fully into account the financial and staff needs required to implement effectively the World Plan of Action and the Programme for the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, for the consideration of the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session, a report on the measures taken to implement the present resolution, in particular paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 above, as well as a progress report on other measures taken to implement the World Plan of Action and the Programme for the Decade.

31/137. Pledging conference for the United Nations Decade for Women

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, JAMAICA, NIGERIA, PHILIP- PINES and UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTIIBRN IRELAND.

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31/136. United Nations Decade for Women

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