United Nations Development Fund for Women

A/RES/56/130View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 112 Advancement of women, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1986–2008

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/62/135

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/RES/62/135	United Nations Development Fund for Women	2,087	55%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/137	United Nations Development Fund for Women	1,554	30%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/130	United Nations Development Fund for Women	961	35%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/136	United Nations Development Fund for Women	827	15%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/94	United Nations Development Fund for Women	650	22%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Capacity Building Civil Society Consultations Development Strategies Empowerment Funds Gender Equality Gender Mainstreaming Gender-Based Violence Hiv/Aids Prevention Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Non-Governmental Organizations Peacebuilding Private Sector Resident Coordinators Resources Mobilization Trust Funds Women's Advancement

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the note by the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Development Fund for Women;³

³A/56/174.

Encourages the Fund to continue to assist, in its areas of expertise, in the implementation of commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women and at the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”;

Commends the focus by the Fund on strategic programmes in its three thematic areas and on supporting innovative and experimental activities in implementing its strategy and business plan (2000–2003)⁴ within the context of the Beijing Platform for ActionError: Reference source not found and the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly;⁵

⁴DP/2000/15 and Add.1.

⁵Resolution S-23/3, annex.

Notes with appreciation the increased synergy between the United Nations Development Fund for Women and other funds, programmes and organizations of the United Nations system, as well as the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat, and calls upon these entities to continue their collaborative efforts;

Notes the ability of the Fund to execute projects and programmes on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme in order to fulfil their respective mandates as well as their individual and common purposes;

Also notes the activities undertaken by the Fund in follow-up to General Assembly resolution 54/136, including activities relating to the impact of armed conflict on women and the role of women in peace-building, and the support it provides for the participation of women in peace processes, and in this regard encourages the Fund to continue to consult with Member States on these activities;

Emphasizes the importance of the Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women and its learning component in extracting and sharing good practices with respect to the elimination of violence against women, and reiterates the call to Governments, non-governmental organizations and the public and private sectors to consider contributing or increasing contributions to the Trust Fund;

Encourages the Fund to continue to contribute to ensuring that a gender perspective is integrated into a comprehensive approach to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) at all levels of the three thematic areas of the Fund, in particular in the follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, building on its partnerships within the United Nations system, in particular with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS;

Also encourages the Fund to support the development or strengthening of mechanisms to increase accountability for gender equality, at the request of countries, including by building the capacity of Governments to undertake gender-responsive budget analysis;

Urges the Fund to continue its efforts to mainstream a gender perspective in United Nations operational activities, including through the resident coordinator system and the common country assessment and United Nations Development Assistance Framework processes;

Welcomes the role of the Fund in promoting the strategic importance of the empowerment of women in all of the regions in which it operates, and notes with appreciation the enhanced programme activities of the Fund in the African region;

Encourages the Fund to continue to assist Governments in implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,⁶ in order to advance gender equality at all levels, including by reinforcing the cooperation between Governments and civil society, especially women’s organizations;

⁶Resolution 34/180, annex.

Recognizes that the Fund has been able to secure increased contributions for its work, and expresses its appreciation to Member States and private organizations and foundations, whose increased contributions demonstrate their commitment to the issues on which the Fund is working;

Expresses its appreciation for the work of the national committees for the Fund, and encourages them, with appropriate support from the Fund, to increase their capacity and intensify their outreach to civil society and the private sector in terms of building broad-based visibility and mobilizing resources for the work of the Fund;

Urges Member States, non-governmental organizations and members of the private sector that have contributed to the Fund to continue to contribute and to consider increasing their financial contributions, and urges others to consider contributing to the Fund.

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