3.
Recommends that the Commission on the Status of Women be given
responsibility for monitoring progress on the system-wide medium-term plan for
the advancement of women;
4.
Recommends that all United Nations entities be held accountable for
the components of the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women
falling within their areas of responsibility;
5.
Recommends that the Secretary-General take into account the detailed
comments annexed to the present resolution in formulating the final text of the
system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period
1996-2001, to be submitted to the Economic and Social Council in 1993.
Annex
COMMENTS ON THE SYSTEM-WIDE MEDIUM-TERM PLAN FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FOR THE PERIOD 1996-2001
A.
General comments
The issues raised in Commission on the Status of Women resolution 35/4,
paragraph 3, should be taken up in a more substantive manner in the draft
system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period
1996-2001.
That paragraph reads as follows:
"The Commission on the Status of Women,
"...
"3. Decides further that the programme of action should continue to
focus on equality, development and peace and should include the following
elements:
"(a) The strengthening of efforts at the national and international
levels, taking into account the circumstances in each country, to increase
awareness among men and women of women’s rights under international
conventions and national law;
"(b) The implementation of special measures to increase the proportion
of women involved in decision-making in the economic, social and political
spheres;
"(c) The strengthening of world-wide efforts to end illiteracy among
women and girls by the year 2000;
"(d) The establishment of specific programmes for improving the
conditions of women and girls living in poverty, particularly those living
in extreme poverty, by, inter alia, adequate training to develop their
skills and capabilities;
"(e) The establishment of specific programmes aimed at improving
women’s and girls’ health by ensuring them access to adequate maternal
health care, family planning and nutrition;
"(f) The implementation of policies to prevent, control and reduce
violence against women and girls in the family, the workplace and society;
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