E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system 44. At the 10th meeting, on 10 March, the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,2 on behalf of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, as well as Andorra, Chile, Greece, Italy, Romania and South Africa, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system” (E/CN.6/2003/L.3), which read as follows: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Recalling its resolutions 45/2 of 17 March 2001 and 46/3 of 15 March 2002, Economic and Social Council resolutions 2001/41 of 26 July 2001 and 2002/23 of 24 July 2002 and General Assembly resolutions 56/132 of 19 December 2001 and 57/182 of 18 December 2002, “Welcoming the decision of the Economic and Social Council to establish in its agenda a sub-item entitled ‘Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United Nations system’, “Welcoming also the decision of the Economic and Social Council to devote a coordination segment before 2005 to a review and appraisal of the system-wide implementation of its agreed conclusions 1997/2 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United Nations system, “Reaffirming that gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality, “Reaffirming also that gender mainstreaming constitutes a critical strategy in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, “Underlining the catalytic role of the Commission in promoting gender mainstreaming, “1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the measures taken and progress achieved in the follow-up to and implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the special session of the General Assembly entitled ‘Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twentyfirst century’, especially in mainstreaming gender perspectives in entities of the United Nations system; “2. Notes with appreciation the activities undertaken by entities of the United Nations system as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General, including: “(a) Formulating and implementing gender equality policies and strategies; “(b) Making efforts to enhance and integrate gender perspectives into sectoral policies; 29