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Merger of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and United Nations Development Fund for Women

A/RES/48/111No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 111Advancement of women, published in 1994.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics
ConsultationsCost-Benefit AnalysisCostsInter-Agency CooperationOrganizational ChangeOrganizational StructureReport PreparationStaffingTraining ProgrammesWomen's AdvancementWork Organization

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Affirms that both the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Development Fund for Women should retain their comparative advantages in activities relating to the advancement of women;
2
Urges that the interaction between the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women be reviewed and rationalized within the context of ongoing efforts to revitalize the Economic and Social Council in pursuance of a stronger, more unified programme for the advancement of women;
3
Requests the Secretary-General, through the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions in accordance with rule 157 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to submit to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1994 a report on the proposed merger of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Development Fund for Women and to include therein:
a
A clear analysis of the financial benefits resulting from the merger;
b
An estimate of the one-time non-recurrent costs of the merger, including costs of transitional measures, as well as an estimate of the recurrent costs of the merger;
c
Details of the current staffing structure of the United Nations Development Fund for Women and of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, together with details of the proposed structure, including reporting arrangements;
d
Staffing implications;
e
A report on consultations with the host Government of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women;
4
Also requests the Secretary-General to include in his report consideration of potential duplication of the training activities of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Development Fund for Women;
5
Requests the Economic and Social Council to submit its final recommendations to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session for its consideration and action before 31 December 1994.

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