In resolution 37/4 (World Conference on Human Rights), the Commission
decided to present a contribution to the Preparatory Committee for the World
Conference on Human Rights.
In resolution 37/5 (Women and legal literacy), the Commission made
recommendations to Governments and other institutions to promote legal
literacy, and requested the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit for
Social Development to include in its agenda consideration of education for
all, the eradication of illiteracy, and the promotion of legal literacy,
particularly among women, and urged the World Conference on Human Rights to
address the issue.
In resolution 37/6 (Women and development), the Commission made
recommendations to Governments and other institutions to take a number of
specific steps to improve the integration of women in development, requested
the Secretary-General to include policy and programme recommendations on the
basis of gender analysis in his biennial monitoring report on the
implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies and to ensure that
the issues of women and development and of the integration of women in
development programmes were an integral part of the International Development
Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade.
In resolution 37/7 (Preparations for the Fourth World Conference on
Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace), the Commission urged
Governments to establish national preparatory committees and requested the
Secretary-General to ensure that documentation was accessible and that
Conference facilities catered to the needs of people with disabilities. It
requested a series of steps to permit non-governmental organizations not in
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to participate in the
Conference. It requested the Secretary-General to present a first draft of
the Platform for Action to the Commission at its thirty-eighth session, taking
into account the structure of the Platform agreed on at the thirty-seventh
session and the results of the inter-sessional working group. It made a
series of recommendations on the process and content of the second review and
appraisal of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies. It suggested that steps
be taken to strengthen an information campaign about the Conference. Finally,
it requested that the Secretary-General prepare for the Commission at its
thirty-eighth session a report on institutional arrangements for the
implementation of the Platform for Action containing options for considering
that item at the Conference.
In resolution 37/8 (Women in extreme poverty), the Commission made a
series of detailed recommendations to governmental and other institutions on
measures to alleviate the situation of women in extreme poverty.
In resolution 37/9 (Work programme on the advancement of women and the
proposed restructuring of the economic and social activities of the United
Nations), the Commission called upon the Secretary-General to take the
necessary steps to strengthen the structure for the advancement of women and
maintain its identity with adequate resources, urged that in making decisions
on the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Centre for Social
Development and Humanitarian Affairs, due consideration be given to the longand short-term impact of the decisions on the priority, substance and
visibility of the United Nations commitment to women and to social
development, requested the Secretary-General to ensure that any institutional
arrangements strengthened the work programme on the advancement of women and
improved coordination, and encouraged Member States to send high-level
representation to future sessions of the Commission.
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