193. By the United Nations: (a) Implement existing and adopt new employment policies and measures in order to achieve overall gender equality, particularly at the Professional level and above, by the year 2000, with due regard to the importance of recruiting staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible, in conformity with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) Develop mechanisms to nominate women candidates for appointment to senior posts in the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system; (c) Continue to collect and disseminate quantitative and qualitative data on women and men in decision-making and analyse their differential impact on decision-making and monitor progress towards achieving the Secretary-General’s target of having women hold 50 per cent of managerial and decision-making positions by the year 2000. 194. By women’s organizations, non-governmental organizations, trade unions, social partners, producers, and industrial and professional organizations: (a) Build and strengthen solidarity among women through information, education and sensitization activities; (b) Advocate at all levels to enable women to influence political, economic and social decisions, processes and systems, and work towards seeking accountability from elected representatives on their commitment to gender concerns; (c) Establish, consistent with data protection legislation, databases on women and their qualification for use in appointing women to senior decision-making and advisory positions, for dissemination to Governments, regional and international organizations and private enterprise, political parties and other relevant bodies. Strategic objective G.2. Increase women’s capacity to participate in decision-making and leadership Actions to be taken 195. By Governments, national bodies, the private sector, political parties, trade unions, employers’ organizations, subregional and regional bodies, non-governmental and international organizations and educational institutions: (a) Provide leadership particularly those women belonging to self-esteem and to and self-esteem training to assist women and girls, with special needs, women with disabilities and racial and ethnic minorities to strengthen their encourage them to take decision-making positions; (b) Have transparent criteria for decision-making positions and ensure that the selecting bodies have a gender-balanced composition; (c) Create a system of mentoring for inexperienced women and, in particular, offer training, including training in leadership and decision-making, public speaking and self-assertion, as well as in -83-