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Further requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the information activities and to provide the secretariat of the International Year of Disabled Persons with all the resources and personnel necessary for carrying out its work;
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Welcomes the progress already made in the drafting of a long-term world plan of action and approves the procedure and time-scale for its adoption proposed by the Advisory Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons at its second session:"' 11.
Requeststhe Secretary-General to convene a session of the Advisory Committee in 1981;
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Requeststhe Advisory Committee to examine the possibilities of continuing the activities of the International Institute for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons in Developing Countries in the light of the experience of the International Year of Disabled Persons;
13
Invitesall heads of State or Government, the President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General to issue special messages at the beginning of the International Year of Disabled Persons;
14
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "International Year of Disabled Persons" and, in view of its importance, recommends that this item should be considered by the General Assembly in plenary meeting, in observance of the Year;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
Urgesthe Secretary-General to appoint the Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, taking fully into account the consultations held with Member States to that end;
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Expresses its desire that the necessary consultations concerning the agreement with the Government of the Dominican Republic will be expeditiously concluded;
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Expresses also its desire that the Institute will start to function in the Dominican Republic and that its installation in the host country will not be unduly delayed;
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Reiterates the guidelines set out in Economic and Social Council resolution 1998 (LX) of 12 May 1976 regarding the activities of the Institute, in particular the need for close collaboration with the regional institutes which have similar objectives;
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InvitesGovernments to contribute to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, both financially and in kind;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1981 on the implementation of the present resolution.
35 / 135.
Refugee and displaced women
1
Requestsall States to co-operate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in order to assure full protection of the well-being of women and children in particular. in accordance with their fundamental rights under international law and national legislation;
2
Calls uponall States and donors providing immediate relief to refugees and displaced persons to en-
deavour to lessen the special vulnerability of women in these circumstances, by ensuring their access to emergency relief and to health programmes, and their active participation in decision making in centres or camps for refugees or displaced persons;
3
Urgesthe international community to provide urgent and adequate assistance to all refugee and displaced women and to developing countries providing asylum or rehabilitation, especially the least developed and most seriously affected countries;
Further calls upon all States and donors assisting 4. in the rehabilitation, resettlement or repatriation of refugees and displaced persons to recognize the pivotal role of the mother in the family, and thus in the provision of family welfare, to ensure women's rights to physical safety and to facilitate their access to counselling services and material assistance;
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Urgesthe High Commissioner to work with host country Governments to encourage the participation of women, including refugee women, in the administration of refugee assistance programmes, notably the provision of essential food, shelter and medical services in countries of asylum and to promote their participation in training and orientation programmes in countries of asylum and resettlement;
6
Urgesthe High Commissioner to draw upon the expertise of all United Nations bodies concerned and, in consultation with the countries concerned, to carry out detailed studies and research to determine the extent to which refugee and displaced women are especially vulnerable and to formulate and implement programmes and projects based upon the results of these studies;
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Recommendsthat the Office of the High Commissioner should co-ordinate with the United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations concerned the collection and analysis of data and the conduct of research and case studies on the critical needs of refugee and displaced women;
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Further recommends that the High Commissioner should ensure that the number of women at all levels on his staff, particularly in the field, is increased and that a high-level staff position is designated as a co-ordinator for women's programmes.
35/136. World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women
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Takes note with satisfaction of the Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace;
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Endorses the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women, as adopted at the Conference;
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Recognizes that the Conference made an important and constructive contribution by appraising the progress achieved and the obstacles encountered in the implementation of the objectives of the Decade and by preparing and adopting a programme for the next five years:
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Affirms that the implementation of the Programme of Action should result in the complete in-
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- "'' See Report of the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace. Copenhagen. 14-30 July "' E/ 1980/23.
19?/0 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.IV.3 and corrigendum). chap. I.
11 0 See Report of the World Conference of the International Women's Year. Mexico City, 19 June-:! July /975 (United Nations publication.
' Sales No. E.76.IV.1 I. chap. I.
·: Ibid .. chap. 11. sect. A.
·, See sect. V. resolution J:i/56, annex.
'United Nations publication. Sales No. L.80.IV.J and corrigendum.
