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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/167
24 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 97
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/607)]
49/167.
Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat
The General Assembly,
Recalling Articles 1 and 101 of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling also Article 8 of the Charter, 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 further the relevant paragraphs of the Nairobi Forward-looking
Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 1/ especially paragraphs 79, 315,
356 and 358,
Recalling the relevant resolutions and decisions of the General
Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies that have continued
to focus on this area since the adoption of Assembly resolution 2715 (XXV) of
15 December 1970, in which the question of the employment of women in the
Professional category was first addressed,
Concerned at the serious and continuing underrepresentation of women in
the Secretariat, particularly at the higher decision-making levels,
Convinced that the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat
could significantly enhance the effectiveness and credibility of the United
Nations, including its leadership role in advancing the status of women
1/
Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the
Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development
and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A.
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