Pledging Conference for the United Nations Decade for Women

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85 United Nations Decade for Women : Equality, Development and Peace, published in 1978.

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2 versions · 1977–1978

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1978	A/RES/32/139	Pledging Conference for the United Nations Decade for Women	1,720	11%Compare
1977	A/RES/31/137	Pledging conference for the United Nations Decade for Women	317	–

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6 subjects

Funds International Decades Pledging Conferences Training and Research Institutions Women's Advancement Women's Status

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Notes the efforts made thus far by the Secretary- General with a view to the establishment of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women;

Requests the Secretary-Gener~l to cc_mtinue thosc efforts and to prepare, in consultat10n w1th the competent bodies of the host country, the compctent organs and institutions of the United Nations system and thc regional commissions concern~~- a draft do_c~~1~nt describing the structure, compos1t1on, respons1b1ht~es ~nd programme of thc Institute, as well _as the co-ordmation of the activities of the Tnstitute w1th those of the organizations concerned, particular)y the Unit~d _Nations Development Programme, the reg10nal comm1ss10ns and the regional research centres for the adva1;-cement of women, having regard to the recommcndat10n~ of the Group of Experts set forth in the rcpor~ subm1tted ?Y the Secretary-General to the Econmmc and Social Council at its sixtieth scssion;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to ~he Economic and Social Council at its sixty-fourth sess1on on the progress achieved towards the establi~h~ent. of the Institute, including substantive and ~dmm~strative preparations, and to submit to it for co~s1deratlon an~ adoption the draft document referrcú to m paragraph - above.

l 05 th plenary meeting

16 December 1977

Notes the measures already taken by the Secretary-General to implement the Programme for the Unitcd Nations Decade for Women;95 2.

Emphasizes that constant and increasing efforts must he madc at the national, regional and international lcvels to attain the objcctives of the Dccade;

Requests the Secretary-Gcneral, in consultation with all the interested agencies and organizations of the Unitcd Nations to submit to the General Assembly at its thirtv-third s~ssion, through thc Economic and Social CounciÍ, thc study of the intcragency programmc accompanied by the observations formulated by the Council with regard to it;

Further requests the Secretary-General to transmit to Govcrnments every two years thc study of the intcragcncy programme for the Decade;

Urges the interested agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to identify and undertakc as quickly as possible projects to be executed jointly.

32/ 139.

Plerlµ;ing confereuee for the United Nations Decade for W ornen

TI//' General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 31/137 of 16 December 1976, in which it requested the Secretary-General to convene during the thirty-second session of the General Assembly a pledging conference for contributions to be made to the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women and to the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women,

Noting with satisfaction the results of the first Pledging Conference for the United Nations Decade for Women, held at the Headquarters of the United Nations on 8 November 1977,

Convinced that the Programme for the United Nations Decade for Women,11<1 if it is to be fully effcctivc, must be translated into the greatest possible number of projccts and programmes at the national, regional and interregional levels,

Also convinced that the speedy establishment of the Jnternational Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women will contribute substantially to thc attainment of thc research and training objectivcs of the World Plan of Action for the Implcmentation of thc Objectives of the International Women's Year,n7 1.

Expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General for

having convened the first Pledging Conference for thc United Nations Dccade for Womcn;

nr. A/321175.

Sixty-secoll(/ Scssion, Supp/emcnt No. 3 (E/5909), annex V.

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Expresses its warm thanks to those countries which have already contributed, those which have pledged contributions and those which have expressed their intention of contributing to the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women and/or to the International Research and Training Institutc for the Advancement of Women;

Requests the Secretary-Gcneral to convcne during the thirty-third session of the General Ass~mb~y a second pledging conferencc for voluntary contnbutions for thc purpose of financing:

The Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women;

( b) The International Research and Training Institute for the Advanccment of Women;

Further requests the Secrctary-General to organize an information campaign with a view to stimulating the interest of Governments, organizations and individuals likely to contribute to the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women and thc International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

32/140. World Conference of the United Nations Decade for W ornen

A ccepts the offer of the Government of Iran to act as host to the World Conference of the United Nations Dccadc for Womcn;

Notes that the Confcrence will in principlc be hcld at Teheran in May 1980 for a period of two weeks;

Decides that the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference of thc United Nations Decade for Women, to be convcned pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 2062 (LXII), shall be held at the Hcadquarters of the United N ations in June 197 8;

Notes the efforts made thus far by thc Secretary- Gencral and the Commission on the Status of Women with a view to undertaking the prcparatory work for the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to thc General Asscmbly at its thirty-third scssion, through the Economic and Social Council, on the work of thc Prcparatory Committec during its first session.

32/141. Voluntarv Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women

92 Report of the World Conference on the Internatimw/ 96 Official Rccords of the Economic ami Social Council, 93 /bid., chap. III.

97 Report of the World Conference on the Internationa/ 94 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council,

Womc11'.1· E.76.TV.l ), chap. 11, secl. A.

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:ii, 0(/icial Record.1· uf tlic General Assemb/y, Thirtieth Scssio11, S11¡,¡,lc111cnt No. 34 (A/10034), p. 100, items 75 and 76.

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