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Improvement of the Situation of Women in Rural Areas

A/RES/39/126View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 1983–2014
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/68/139
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2014
A/RES/68/139

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,38070%Compare
2012
A/RES/66/129

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

1,94946%Compare
2010
A/RES/64/140

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,26586%Compare
2008
A/RES/62/136

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

2,01755%Compare
2006
A/RES/60/138

Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas

1,57467%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2005–2015
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2015A/70/204Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/68/139
2013A/68/179Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/66/129
2011A/66/181Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/64/140
2009A/64/190Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/62/136
2007A/62/202Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas report of the Secretary-GeneralA/RES/60/138

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects
ConferencesReport PreparationRural WomenWomen's Status

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs
Bearing in mind the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace,
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, 148
Recalling also its resolution 37 /59 of 3 December 1982 on the improvement of the situation of women in rural areas,
Reaffirming the importance attached in the Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women and in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 149 as well as in the International Development Strategy for the Third llnited Nations Development Decade, 150 to the need to improve the status of women and ensure their full partici-
149 Resolution 34 I Sil, annc,
1 'iO Resolution .15 5r, annex
pation in the development process as agents and beneficiaries of development,
1
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.
148 Reporr o( !he World ( , ,nfi-rl'IIU' of the [ ·n11ed Na/ions Dc,·adc /or Women: f,'a11ality. Devclopmc and /'race. ( ·openhai:en. 14-30 ]11/1· /980

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