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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/243
10 May 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 97
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[note by the Secretary-General (A/49/887 and Corr.1)]
49/243.
Accreditation of non-governmental
organizations to the Fourth World
Conference on Women: Action for Equality,
Development and Peace
The General Assembly,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1296 (XLIV) of
23 May 1968 on arrangements for consultation with non-governmental
organizations,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/20 of
26 May 1987, in which the Council decided that the Commission on the Status of
Women should be designated as the preparatory body for world conferences on
women,
Recalling further resolution 37/7 of 25 March 1993 of the Commission on
the Status of Women, concerning preparations for the Fourth World Conference
on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 48/108 of 20 December 1993, by
which the Assembly adopted modalities for the participation in and
contribution to the Conference and its preparatory process by non-governmental
organizations,
Emphasizing that the rules for accreditation of non-governmental
organizations to the Conference, contained in the annex to resolution 48/108,
should be applied transparently and fairly,
Reaffirming the importance of participation by non-governmental
organizations in the Conference and its preparatory process,
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