Future Operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64Advancement of women, published in 2006.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2004–2009

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/157

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2004A/RES/58/244Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

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What subjects does this mandate have?

15 topics

Cooperation Between Organizations Development Financial Resources Gender Mainstreaming Gender Research Information Dissemination Institution Building International Migration Political Participation Programme Planning Report Preparation Training and Research Institutions Training Programmes Women's Advancement Work Programme

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

2007A/62/173Future operations of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;

Requests the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, in accordance with its mandate, to coordinate further its activities and to develop its programme of work in collaboration with other relevant United Nations entities, such as the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and calls upon those entities to continue their collaborative efforts;

Also requests the Institute, in accordance with its mandate, to collaborate with the United Nations system, national machinery, non-governmental organizations and the private sector in promoting international cooperation to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality, including through, inter alia, the promotion of better access to education for women and girls, and the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in all policies and programmes;

Further requests the Institute, in accordance with its mandate and in close coordination with the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and other relevant United Nations programmes and funds, to actively participate in and contribute to discussions on issues related to international migration and development, in particular in the preparations for and during the high-level dialogue thereon to be held in September 2006, during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly;

Requests the Institute, in accordance with its mandate and in close coordination with the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the other relevant United Nations programmes and funds, to actively participate in and contribute to the examination of the special theme for the thirty-ninth session of the Commission on Population and Development in 2006, “International migration and development”;

Encourages the Institute to continue, in close cooperation with other relevant United Nations bodies, to promote and undertake research and training programmes on gender mainstreaming, in the context of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,1 as well as the commitments made at the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly;

Requests the Institute, within its mandate, to continue to assist countries in promoting and supporting the political participation and economic and social advancement of women through training programmes;

Stresses the critical importance of voluntary financial contributions by Member States to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to enable it to carry out its mandate;

Invites Member States to make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund, particularly during this critical transitional period;

Decides to provide its full support to the current efforts to revitalize the Institute and, in this regard, to provide it with the requisite funds to enable it to carry out its core functions for the biennium 2006–2007;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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