A/RES/62/135
Welcoming the contributions that the Fund has made in supporting initiatives
of Member States, United Nations organizations and non-governmental
organizations to formulate and implement activities that promote gender equality
and the empowerment of women,
Recalling its resolution 59/250 of 22 December 2004 on the triennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United
Nations system, and stressing the need for all organizations of the United Nations
development system to implement their global, regional and country-level activities
in accordance with their mandates,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council agreed conclusions 1997/2 of
18 July 1997 4 and subsequent Council resolutions on mainstreaming a gender
perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, 5
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Noting the importance of the work of the Consultative Committee on the
United Nations Development Fund for Women in policy and programme directions,
as stipulated in the annex to resolution 39/125,
Noting also the ongoing intergovernmental consultation process on the
recommendations of the High-level Panel on United Nations System-wide
Coherence, 6 where issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment are
addressed,
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1.
Takes note with appreciation of decision 2007/35, adopted on
14 September 2007 by the Executive Board of the United Nations Development
Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund at its second regular session
of 2007, 7 in which it took note of the strategic plan, 2008–2011, of the United
Nations Development Fund for Women, 8 endorsed its strategic priorities and results
and authorized its implementation;
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2.
Welcomes the note by the Secretary-General on the activities of the Fund,
containing the results-focused report of progress in implementing its multi-year
funding framework, 2004–2007; 9
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3.
Commends the focus by the Fund, in accordance with its mandate as set
out in the annex to resolution 39/125, on strategic programmes in its three key
thematic areas of work, in line with its strategic plan, 2008–2011, namely,
enhancing women’s economic security and rights, ending violence against women
and reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among women and achieving gender
equality in democratic governance, as well as eradicating feminized poverty and
supporting innovative programming in the context of the Beijing Platform for
Action1 and commitments made at the twenty-third special session of the General
Assembly2 and at the forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of
Women; 10
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4
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/52/3/Rev.1),
chap. IV, para. 4.
5
Economic and Social Council resolutions 2001/41, 2002/23, 2003/49, 2004/4, 2005/31, 2006/36 and
2007/33.
6
See A/61/583.
7
See DP/2008/2.
8
DP/2007/45.
9
A/62/188.
10
See E/CN.6/2005/2 and Corr.1.
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