Commending the Secretary-General for his administrative instruction containing procedures for dealing with cases of sexual harassment, 2/ Recalling the goal set by the General Assembly in resolutions 45/125 of 14 December 1990, 45/239 C of 21 December 1990, 46/100 of 16 December 1991 and 47/93 of 16 December 1992 of a 35 per cent overall participation rate of women in posts subject to geographical distribution by 1995, Recalling also the goal set in General Assembly resolution 45/239 C of a 25 per cent participation rate of women in posts at the D-1 level and above by 1995, Bearing in mind that a visible commitment by the Secretary-General, especially during the continuing restructuring phase, is essential to the achievement of the targets set by the General Assembly, Welcoming the commitment of the Secretary-General, expressed in his statement to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on 6 November 1992 to bringing the gender balance in policy-level positions as close to 50:50 as possible, 3/ and his commitment, expressed in his message on the occasion of International Women’s Day, to ensuring that the number of women in Professional posts in the Secretariat reflected the world population as a whole by the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations in 1995, 4/ Welcoming also the evaluation and analysis of the main obstacles to the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat contained in the report of the Secretary-General, 5/ Welcoming further the action programme of the Secretary-General designed to remove the obstacles to the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat, 6/ Welcoming the development by the Secretary-General of a plan of action for 1993 and 1994 to improve the status of women in the Secretariat by 1995, 7/ 1. Urges the Secretary-General to implement fully the action programme designed to remove the obstacles to the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat, 6/ and notes that his visible commitment is essential to the achievement of the targets set by the General Assembly; 2. Also urges the Secretary-General to further examine existing work practices within the United Nations system with a view to increasing flexibility so as to remove direct or indirect discrimination against staff members with family responsibilities, including further consideration of such issues as job-sharing, flexible working hours, child-care arrangements, career break schemes and access to training; 2/ ST/AI/379. 3/ A/C.5/47/SR.21, para. 58. 4/ See E/CN.6/1993/15, para. 14. 5/ A/47/508. 6/ Ibid., sect. IV. 7/ See E/CN.6/1993/15, para. 13. -8-