Improvement of the Status of Women in the Secretariat

A/RES/49/167View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 97 Advancement of women, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1989–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/139

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/139	Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat	1,442	50%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/119	Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat	1,032	57%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/96	Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat	718	39%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/67	Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat	510	—
1996	A/RES/50/164	Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Career Development Day Care Services Decision-Making Economies in Transition Equal Opportunity Focal Points Gender Discrimination Geographical Distribution Hours of Work Managers Performance Appraisal Professional Staff Promotion Recruitment Sexual Harassment Top Echelon Staff Training Programmes Women's Advancement Women's Status

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;⁴

⁴A/49/587 and Corr.1.

Takes note of the strategic plan of action for the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (1995-2000) contained in section IV of the report, and the goals and objectives of the strategic plan as proposed by the Secretary-General;

Urges the Secretary-General to implement fully the strategic plan, noting that his visible commitment is essential to the achievement of the targets set by the General Assembly and the goals and objectives contained in the strategic plan;

Welcomes the Secretary-General's intention to ensure implementation of the strategic plan through, inter alia, the issuance of clear and specific instructions as to the authority and responsibility of all managers to implement the plan and the criteria by which performance will be appraised;

Urges the Secretary-General, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and consistent with the strategic plan, to accord greater priority to the recruitment and promotion of women in posts subject to geographical distribution, particularly in senior policy-level and decision-making posts and within those parts of the United Nations system and its specialized agencies where representation of women is considerably below the average, in order to achieve the goals set in its resolutions 45/125 and 45/239 C of an overall participation rate of 35 per cent by 1995 and 25 per cent in posts at the D-1 level and above by 1995;

Also urges the Secretary-General to examine further existing work practices within the United Nations system with a view to increasing flexibility so as to remove direct or indirect discrimination against staff members with family responsibilities, including consideration of such issues as spouse employment, job-sharing, flexible working hours, child-care arrangements, career-break schemes and access to training;

Further urges the Secretary-General to increase the number of women employed in the Secretariat from developing countries, particularly those which are unrepresented or underrepresented, and from other countries that have a low representation of women, including countries in transition;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that equal employment opportunities exist for all staff;

Also requests the Secretary-General to enable, from within existing resources, the focal point for women within the Secretariat effectively to monitor and facilitate progress in the implementation of the strategic plan;

Strongly encourages Member States to support the strategic plan and the efforts of the United Nations and the specialized agencies to increase the percentage of women in Professional posts, especially at the D-1 level and above, by identifying and submitting more women candidates, encouraging women to apply for vacant posts and creating national rosters of women candidates to be shared with the Secretariat, specialized agencies and regional commissions;

Requests the Secretary-General further to develop comprehensive policy measures aimed at the prevention of sexual harassment in the Secretariat;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that a progress report on the status of women in the Secretariat containing, inter alia, information on activities undertaken towards the achievement of the goals and objectives contained in the strategic plan and policy measures aimed at the prevention of sexual harassment in the Secretariat, is presented to the Commission on the Status of Women at its thirty-ninth session, in accordance with the relevant rules on the delivery timetable for documentation, and to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session.

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