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Documentation
The work of the United Nations derives largely from the decisions of the General Assembly - that is to say, the will of the majority of the Member States as expressed in resolutions adopted by the Assembly. Issues pertaining to the status of women in the United Nations system are considered by two of the Assembly's six Main Committees - the Third Committee which considers social, humanitarian and cultural questions and the Fifth Committee which considers administrative and budgetary questions. Among other matters, these resolutions request that the Secretary-General to report regularly to the Assembly on its mandates.
Accordingly, the Secretary General of the United Nations regularly reports to the General Assembly (GA) and the Commission on the Status of Women on the improvement of the status of women in the UN System. This reporting is undertaken through UN Women to the General Assembly in during its annual regular session held between September and December, and then again, as an update, to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in March. In addition, the Secretary General has issued bulletins pertaining to the Status of Women. In this section you will find the:
- Reports issued by the Secretary General to the GA and CSW in the status of women in the UN System
- Resolutions of the GA corresponding to the reports
- Bulletins of the Secretary General related to gender.
Pertinent General Assembly Documents
(all documents are in PDF 
format and are available
in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
| Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations | Report of the Secretary General on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations | |
| A/RES/65/191 [ A C E F R S] 3 March 2011 |
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| A/RES/64/141 [ A C E F R S] 18 February 2010 |
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| A/RES/62/137 [ A C E F R S] 14 February 2008 |
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A/63/364 [ A C E F R S] 18 September 2008 |
| A/RES/59/164 [ A C E F R S] 10 February 2005 |
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A/61/318 [ A C E F R S] 7 September 2006 |
| A/RES/58/144 [ A C E F R S] 19 February 2004 |
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A/59/357 [ A C E F R S] 20 September 2004 |
| A/RES/57/180 [ A C E F R S] 30 January 2003 |
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A/58/374 [ A C E F R S] 17 September 2003 |
| A/RES/56/127 [ A C E F R S] 30 January 2002 |
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A/57/447 [ A C E F R S] 2 October 2002 |
| A/RES/55/69 [ A C E F R S] 8 February 2001 |
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A/56/472 [ A C E F R S] 15 October 2001 |
| A/RES/54/139 [ A C E F R S] 10 February 2000 |
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A/55/399 [ A C E F R S] 19 September 2000 |
| A/RES/53/119 [ A C E F R S] 5 February 1999 |
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A/54/405 [ A C E F R S] 27 September 1999 |
| A/RES/52/96 [ A C E F R S] 6 February 1998 |
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A/53/376 [ A C E F R S] 14 September 1998 |
*Web annexes
- Web Annex 1 - Representation of women in the Professional and higher categories in the entities of the United Nations system at Headquarters (HQ) and Non- Headquarters (non-HQ), contracts of one year or more, 31 December 2007 and 31 December 2009
- Web Annex 2 - Representation of Women on Temporary Contract at Headquarters (HQ) and Non- Headquarters (non-HQ) by entity in the Professional and Higher Categories, as at 31 December 2009
- Web Annex 3 - Comparison of gender distribution of staff on contracts of one year or more in General Service and Field Service Categories in the United Nations system, at Headquarters and non-Headquarters locations, as at 31December 2009
- Web Annex 4 - Change in the representation of women in the United Nations entities for the period 2000-2009
- Web Annex 5 - Appointments of women in the Professional and higher categories in the entities of the United Nations system, at Headquarters (HQ) and Non-Headquarters (non-HQ) from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009: contracts of one year or more (percentage and number of women)
- Web Annex 6 - Appointments of women in the Professional and higher categories in the entities of the United Nations system, at Headquarters (HQ) and Non-Headquarters (non-HQ) from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009: Temporary Contracts (number and percentage of women)
- Web Annex 7 - Promotions of women in the Professional and higher categories in the entities of the United Nations System, at Headquarters (HQ) and Non-Headquarters (non-HQ), combined contracts of one year or more, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009
- Web Annex 8 - Separations of women in the Professional and higher categories in the entities of the United Nations system, 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2009 (number and percentage of women)
- Web Annex 9 - Percentage of Women separating compared to Percentage of total staff in the entities of the United Nations system listed in descending order, 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009
- Web Annex 10 - Major Impediments to achieving gender parity at the P-4 to D-2 levels - OSAGI 2009 survey responses by United Nations entities
- Web Annex 11 - Policies and measures reported by entities toward improvement in the status of women in the entities of the United Nations system - OSAGI 2010 survey responses by United Nations entities
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)