Welcomes the report of the Working Group on the Future Operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women,2 in which, the Working Group, inter alia, reaffirmed the mandate of the Institute in the field of gender equality and the advancement of women and stressed the need for it to be reformed and revitalized;
Endorses the recommendations made by the Working Group on the future operation of the Institute, and requests the Secretary-General to implement the measures recommended by the Working Group in this regard;3
Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group established by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/125 in order to follow up the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 above, in close consultation with the Secretary-General;
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Acknowledges that the measures referred to in paragraph 2 above should be taken as provided within the context of the Secretary-General’s programme for reform, as outlined in his report dated 14 July 19974 and in accordance with the recommendations contained in section VI.D of the report;
Urgesthe Institute to intensify its fund-raising efforts and to diversify its funding sources to include private foundations and inter-agency and inter-institutional collaborations, among others;
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Stresses the critical importance of voluntary financial contributions by Member States to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to enable it to carry out its mandate;
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UrgesMember States to make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund, particularly during the critical transitional period;
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Requeststhe Working Group to submit a preliminary report on the follow-up to the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 above to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-seventh session, and to submit its final report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General:
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To appoint, without delay, and in consultation with the Working Group, a Director to be chosen from among candidates who demonstrate knowledge and expertise in, inter alia, gender issues and social research;
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To report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
