Employment of Women by the Secretariats of Organizations Within the United Nations System

Requests the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system to take all necessary measures in order to ensure, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, bearing in mind in particular Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter, that an equitable balance between men and women staff members, particularly in the positions described above, be achieved before the end of the Second United Nations Development Deca_de at all levels in the United Nations system;

Urges the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system, in order to obtain this objective, to give increased attention to the recruitment and promotion of women as well as to the assignments given to them;

Further requests the Secretary-General as well as the executive heads of all organizations within the United Nations system to report to the General Assem-

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to include in his reports on the composition of the Secretariat submitted to the General Assembly comprehensive data on the employment of women in the secretariats of organizations within the United Nations system so as to indicate clearly the nature of posts and types of duties performed by women at frofessional and policy-making levels and their nationality composition, bearing in mind the principle of equitable geographical distribution;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report on the status of women employees in the General Service category in the secretariats.