United Nations
A/RES/56/127
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 January 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 112
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/576)]
56/127. Improvement of the status of women in the
United Nations system
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 the goal, contained in the Platform for Action adopted by the
Fourth World Conference on Women, 1 of achieving overall gender equality,
particularly at the Professional level and above, by 2000 and the further actions and
initiatives set out in the outcome document adopted by the General Assembly at its
twenty-third special session entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development
and peace for the twenty-first century”, 2
Recalling further its resolution 55/69 of 4 December 2000 on the improvement
of the status of women in the United Nations system,
Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/50 of 24 April 2001
on integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system,3 in
particular paragraph 13, in which the Commission recognizes that gender mainstreaming
will strongly benefit from the enhanced and full participation of women, including at the
higher levels of decision-making in the United Nations system,
Welcoming the decision of the Secretary-General to include, in the
performance appraisal of managers, information on the opportunities presented for
the selection of women candidates and on progress made in improving women’s
representation, including efforts made to identify women candidates,
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1
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
2
Resolution S-23/3, annex.
3
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 3 (E/2001/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
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