Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas

A/RES/39/126View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1983–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/68/139

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2014	A/RES/68/139	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,380	70%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/129	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	1,949	46%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/140	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,265	86%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/136	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	2,017	55%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/138	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas	1,574	67%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2005–2015

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2015	A/70/204	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/139
2013	A/68/179	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/129
2011	A/66/181	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/140
2009	A/64/190	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/136
2007	A/62/202	Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conferences Report Preparation Rural Women Women's Status

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Bearing in mind the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace,

Recalling its resolution 35/136 of 11 December 1980, in which it endorsed the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women, 148

Recalling also its resolution 37 /59 of 3 December 1982 on the improvement of the situation of women in rural areas,

Reaffirming the importance attached in the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women and in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 149 as well as in the International Development Strategy for the Third llnited Nations Development Decade, 150 to the need to improve the status of women and ensure their full partici-

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pation in the development process as agents and beneficiaries of development,

Notes with appreciation the organization of the Interregional Seminar on National Experience Relating to the Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas, held at Vienna from 17 to 28 September 1984;

Requests the Secretary-General to compile the observations and comments made on the report of the above-mentioned Seminar at the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, to be held at Nairobi from 15 to 26 July 1985;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session the report of the Seminar, together with the observations and comments compiled in accordance with paragraph 2 above.

148 Reporr o( !he World ( , ,nfi-rl'IIU' of the [ ·n11ed Na/ions Dc,·adc /or Women: f,'a11ality. Devclopmc and /'race. ( ·openhai:en. 14-30 ]11/1· /980

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