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United Nations Assistance for the Advancement of Women in Developing Countries

A/RES/1777(XVII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1961–1963
  • 1963A/RES/1777(XVII)United Nations assistance for the advancement of women in developing countriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1961A/RES/1509(XV)United Nations assistance for the advancement of women in developing countries

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Advisory ServicesSocial WelfareWomen in DevelopmentWomen's Advancement

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 884 E (XXXIV) by which the Council, inter alia, invites the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, in co-operation with the United Nations, to strengthen and expand their programmes designed to meet the needs of women in developing countries and to seek new methods to achieve this purpose ;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to study, in cooperation with the lVIemher States, the specialized agencies, the United Nations Children's Fund and appropriate non-governmental organizations, the possibility of providing and developing new resources aimed especially at the initiation and implementation of a unified longterm United Nations programme for the advancement of women;
3
Requests the Secretary-General, within the scope of the proi:;ramme of advisory services in the field of human rights and the advisory social welfare services programme, to study especially the possibility of expanding the assistance which can be rendered, through seminars, fellowships and the services of experts, for the advancement of women in developing countries;
4
Invites the Commission on the Status of Women to co-operate with the Secretary-General to these ends :
5
Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the Economic and Social Council and to the Genera1 Assembly on developments in this respect, especially with regard to the possibility of establishing the abovementioned programme.
1187th plenary meet1"nq,
7 Decembrr 1962.

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