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United Nations Development Fund for Women

A/RES/40/104No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 92cVoluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1986–2008
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/62/135
  • 2008A/RES/62/135United Nations Development Fund for WomenLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2006A/RES/60/137United Nations Development Fund for WomenCompare with previous version
  • 2002A/RES/56/130United Nations Development Fund for WomenCompare with previous version
  • 2000A/RES/54/136United Nations Development Fund for WomenCompare with previous version
  • 1998A/RES/52/94United Nations Development Fund for WomenCompare with previous version

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
Budget ContributionsInter-Agency CooperationReport PreparationTechnical CooperationWomen in DevelopmentWomen's Advancement

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
2
Approves the name United Nations Development Fund for Women, with the acronym UNIFEM, as the new name for the Fund, as proposed by the Consultative Committee on the Fund at its seventeenth session, held from 25 to 29 March 1985, in accordance with paragraph 4 of resolution 39/125 andas reflected in the annex to that resolution;
3
Notes with satisfaction the steps that are being undertaken to implement resolution 39/125, as well as the commitment expressed by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to ensure the appropriate involvement of women in mainstream development activities;
----------------------'--------------------------- Stresses the need for close and continuous working relationships between the Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and those bodies, organs and organizations of the U nited Nations system and other agencies concemed with women's issues and development co-operation;
5
Expresses its appreciation for the contributions to the Fund made by Govemments, intergovemmental and non-govemmental organizations and individuals, which have a vital role to play in maintaining and increasing the financial viability of the Fund and the etfectiveness of its work;
6
Urges Governments to continue and, where possible, to increase their contributions to the Fund, and calls upon those Govemments that have not yet done so to consider contributing to the Fund, in order to enable the Fund to give greater support to deserving requests received for technical assistance;
7
Requests the Consultative Committee on the Fund to continue to monitor the process of implementing the new arrangements for the management of the Fund, as set out in the annex to resolution 39/125;
8
Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to submit to the Goveming Council of the Programme an annual report on the operations, management and budget of the Fund, taking into account the ad vice of the Consultative Committee on the Fund;
9
Also requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Secretary-General, a report on the activities of the Fund, in accordance with resolution 39/ 125.

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