General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

16 December 1983

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                                                   A/RES/38/108
                                                   16 December 1983
                                                   Meeting no. 100
 
           Preparations for the World Conference to Review and Appraise
           the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling its resolution 3520 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, in which it
endorsed, inter alia, the action proposals contained in the World Plan of
Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's
Year,
 
     Recalling its resolution 3490 (XXX) of 12 December 1975, in which it
expressed its conviction that a comprehensive and thorough review and
appraisal of progress made in meeting the goals of the World Plan of Action
was of crucial importance for the success of the Plan and recognized that the
results of the implementation of the Plan would contribute to the
consideration of the review and appraisal of the International Development
Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade and would
consequently promote the role of women in the development process,
 
     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 as adopted at the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for
Women, and decided to convene in 1985, at the conclusion of the Decade, a
World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations
Decade for Women,
 
     Recalling also that the International Development Strategy for the Third
United Nations Development Decade stressed that the important set of
measures to improve the status of women contained in the World Plan of Action
adopted at Mexico City in 1975, and the important agreed measures relating
to the International Development Strategy in the Programme of Action for the
Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women, adopted at Copenhagen in
1980, should be implemented,
 
     Recalling further its resolution 37/60 of 3 December 1982, in which it
welcomed the decision of the Economic and Social Council that the Commission
on the Status of Women should act as the preparatory body for the Conference
and noted that the Commission would hold its first session in that capacity at
Vienna from 23 February to 4 March 1983,
 
     Taking into consideration Economic and Social Council decision 1983/132
of 26 May 1983 on the recommendations of the Commission on the Status of Women
as the preparatory body for the Conference as set forth in its report, and
Council resolution 1983/28 of 26 May 1983 on the participation of
non-governmental organizations in the preparations for the Conference,
 
     Bearing in mind all its relevant resolutions and decisions regarding
preparations for special conferences,
 
     Having considered the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on
the work of its first session as the preparatory body for the Conference,
 
     1.   Decides to accept with appreciation the offer of the Government of
Kenya to act as host at Nairobi, in 1985, to the World Conference to Review
and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women;
 
     2.   Takes note of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on
the work of its first session as the preparatory body for the Conference;
 
     3.   Endorses the recommendations contained in the report of the
Commission;
 
     4.   Considers that, within the framework of item 7 of the provisional
agenda proposed by the Commission at its first session as the preparatory body
for the Conference, particular attention will be paid to the problems of
women in Territories under racist colonial rule and in Territories under
foreign occupation on the basis of appropriate documentation from the
international conferences on women, held at Mexico City and Copenhagen, with
the theme equality, development and peace;
 
     5.   Welcomes the decision of the Economic and Social Council in its
resolution 1983/28 to invite non-governmental organizations to participate in
the preparations for the Conference;
 
     6.   Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-ninth
session the item entitled "United Nations Decade for Women:  Equality,
Development and Peace".