United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/229
Distr.: General
22 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 64
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/503)]
60/229. Future operation of the International Research and
Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
The General Assembly,
Recalling all of its previous resolutions on the situation of the International
Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, in particular
resolutions 55/219 of 23 December 2000, 56/125 of 19 December 2001, 57/175 of
18 December 2002, 58/244 of 23 December 2003 and 59/260 of 23 December
2004,
Reaffirming its resolution 57/311 of 18 June 2003 on the financial situation of
the Institute,
Welcoming the contributions of the Institute to the implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 1 and the outcome document of the
twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, 2
Taking note with appreciation of the progress report on the Institute by its
Director with respect to the implementation of the programme of work for the
period from October 2004 to May 2005, 3 which measures progress through the
utilization of indicators of achievement as established in the workplan for 2005,
Taking note of the letter dated 7 November 2005 from the Permanent
Representative of Spain to the United Nations, in his capacity as President of the
Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women, addressed to the President of the General Assembly, 4
Welcoming the approval by the Executive Board of the Institute of the
proposed workplan for 2006 and its endorsement of the operational budget for
2006, 5
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1
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
2
Resolution S-23/3, annex.
3
INSTRAW/EB/2005/R.2/Rev.1.
4
A/C.3/60/11.
5
INSTRAW/EB/2005/R.3/Rev.1.
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