Communications on the Status of Women

E/RES/1992/19View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 18Advancement of women, published in 1992.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1980–1994

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1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

8 topics

Confidentiality Coordination Within UN System Gender Discrimination Information Dissemination Reporting Procedures Women's Status Work Organization Written Communications

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the Commission on the Status of Women is empowered to make recommendations to the Economic and Social Council on what action should be taken on emerging trends and patterns of discrimination against women revealed by communications on the status of women;

Requests the Secretary-General to publicize widely among international and national organizations, in particular women’s groups, the existence and scope of the communication mechanisms of the Commission;

Further requests the Secretary-General to support the activities of the Commission with regard to its consideration of communications and to ensure proper coordination of the activities of the Commission in this area and those of the other bodies of the Council, by taking the following action:

Ensuring that the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat coordinate closely so that all communications received are sent as soon as possible to the appropriate United Nations bodies and to each concerned Member State, and that the respective offices are informed of the disposition of the communications;

Encouraging the specialized agencies to provide to the Commission, through the Division for the Advancement of Women, communications or other information in their possession that is relevant to discrimination against women;

Making available to authors of communications any recommendations by the Commission to the Council on situations brought to the attention of the Commission by the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women;

Reaffirms that the consideration by the Commission of the communications shall remain confidential until such time as the Commission may decide to make recommendations to the Council;

Requests the Commission, in order to avoid duplication of work, to determine whether a trend or pattern of discrimination against women revealed by communications should be brought to the attention of another United Nations body or specialized agency that might be better able to take appropriate action;

Also requests the Commission to consider, as appropriate, ways of making the existing procedure for receiving and considering communications, including the standard of admissibility, more transparent and efficient, taking into account the report of the Secretary-General on examining mechanisms for communications on the status of women,42 which was submitted to the Commission at its thirty-fifth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that any costs resulting from the activities set out in the present resolution are kept to a minimum and that the activities are carried out within existing resources.

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