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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/67
31 January 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 103
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/612)]
51/67.
Improvement of the status of women in the
Secretariat
The General Assembly,
Recalling Articles 1 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, as
well as Article 8, which provides that the United Nations shall place no
restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any
capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary
organs,
Recalling also its resolutions 45/125 of 14 December 1990 and 45/239 C
of 21 December 1990, as well as the relevant paragraphs of the Beijing
Declaration and the Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference
on Women on 15 September 1995,1
Concerned at the serious and continuing underrepresentation of women in
the Secretariat, particularly at the D-1 level and above, where the numbers of
women remain unacceptably low,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;2
2.
Also welcomes the achievement of the goal of 35 per cent overall
participation rate of women in posts subject to geographical distribution;
1
A/CONF.177/20, chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
2
A/51/304.
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