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VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 219 pation in the development process as agents and benefi- ciaries of development, I. Notes with appreciation the organization of the Interregional Seminar on National Experience Relating to the Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas, held at Vienna from 17 to 28 September 1984; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to compile the observations and comments made on the report of the above-mentioned Seminar at the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, to be held at Nairobi from 15 to 26 July 1985; 3. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session the report of the Seminar, together with the observations and comments compiled in accordance with paragraph 2 above. 101 st plenary meeting 14 December 1984 39/127. Senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 33/188 of 29 January 1979, 35/ I 37 of 11 December 1980 and 37 /62 of 3 December 1982 and, in particular, its view that the appointment of senior women's programme officers at the regional commissions represents a valuable contribution to the implementation of the goals of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recalling also its resolution 38/106 of 16 December 1983, in particular the reference to the question of senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commis- sions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of that resolution, Reaffirming that questions concerning women should be approached and dealt with as an integral part of overall policies and programmes in the field of social and econo- mic development, Convinced that further efforts are needed to ensure the maintena~ce and continuation, at the appropriate level, of posts assigned to women's programmes at the regional commissions, Recognizing that these posts are integral to the success- ful outcome of national and regional programmes for women, I. Takes due note of the report of the Secretary- General on the situation of senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions; 151 2. Takes note of the decision of the Secretary-General to continue posts through temporary arrangements during 1985; 152 3. Expresses deep concern that there has been a lack of progress in regularizing senior women's programme offi- cers posts at the regional commissions and that work with respect to women's programmes is thereby seriously impeded; 4. Stresses that the appointment of senior women's programme officers at the regional commissions represents a valuable contribution to the implementation of the goals of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, and beyond; 5. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive secretaries of the five regional commissions, I 51 A/39/569/ Add. I. 152 Ibid., para. 13. to reassess all individual work programmes, with a view to incorporating women's concerns at all levels in the overall programme of work of each Commission; 6. Also requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the executive secretaries of the five regional commis- sions, to allocate sufficient budgetary resources to staff, including, where possible, by redeployment, within the context of the I 986-198 7 programme budget, in order to regularize all temporary and permanent senior women's programme officers posts at the regional commissions before the end of the Decade, so as to allow the integration of policies and programmes concerning women; 7. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on measures taken in implementation of paragraph 5 above. 101st plenary meeting 14 December 1984 39/128. Integration of women in all aspects of development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3 7 /5 7 of 3 December I 982, as well as Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/ I 2 of 24 May 1984, Recalling paragraphs 190 to 196 of the World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year, 153 in which the relevant agencies of the United Nations and intergovernmental, interregional and regional bodies were called upon to scru- tinize all existing plans and projects with a view to extending their sphere of activities to include women and to develop new and innovative projects to include women, Bearing in mind that development is one of the themes of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Recalling paragraph 51 of the International Develop- ment Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, 154 which stated that appropriate measures should be taken for profound social and economic changes and for the elimination of the structural imbalances which com- pound and perpetuate women's disadvantages, Looking ahead to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, to be held at Nairobi from 15 to 26 July 1985, and foreseeing the need to continue such achievements beyond the end of the Decade, Convinced of the importance of integrating women fully into development in its political, economic, social, cultural and other dimensions, both as agents and as beneficiaries, Reaffirming the central policy and advisory role of the Commission on the Status of Women within the United Nations in considering matters relating to women, inclu- ding the achievement of the objectives of the Decade, Recognizing the efforts made by the specialized agencies to integrate women into their ongoing programmes, especially into the establishment of cross-sectoral mechanisms, Welcoming Economic· and Social Council decision 1984/ IOI of 10 February I 984, in paragraph 7 of which the Council decided to select the question of women in 153 Re~ort of the World Confi•rence ,>f the lnlernalion~I Women's Year. Mex,co C /IV. /9 June-2 July 19' I (United Nations pubhcat1on, Sales No. E. 76.IV. I). chap. II, sect. A. 154 R~solution 35/56. annex

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