E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 Welcoming General Assembly resolution 55/71 of 4 December 2000, in which the Assembly, inter alia, invited the Economic and Social Council to continue policy coordination and inter-agency cooperation towards the achievement of the objectives of the Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including by considering the dedication of specific segments to the advancement of women and implementation of the above-mentioned documents and by mainstreaming a gender perspective in all its work, 1. Reaffirms that the primary goal of mainstreaming a gender perspective is the achievement of gender equality as affirmed in the Beijing Platform for Action; 2. Reaffirms also that mainstreaming a gender perspective is integral to the empowerment of women and to achieving gender equality, and reiterates that responsibility for mainstreaming within the United Nations system starts at the highest level; 3. Welcomes the ongoing commitment and actions taken by the SecretaryGeneral and entities of the United Nations system to mainstreaming a gender perspective into the United Nations system; 4. Welcomes also the statement on gender equality and mainstreaming in the work of the United Nations system issued by the Administrative Committee on Coordination at its first regular session of 1998; 47 5. Welcomes further the work of the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality, particularly its coordination and catalytic role in the area of gender mainstreaming and policy analysis and in the work programmes of the bodies of the United Nations system, and its work in compiling good practices and guidelines in the area of gender mainstreaming in the United Nations system; 6. Calls upon the Secretary-General, in future reports to the Commission on the Status of Women, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, to assess progress made on mainstreaming a gender perspective within the United Nations system, including by providing information on key achievements, lessons learned and best practices, and to recommend further actions and strategies for future action within the United Nations system; Recommends that the Economic and Social Council consider: (a) Establishing, in the context of its general segment, a regular item on its agenda on mainstreaming a gender perspective in the United Nations system to, inter alia, monitor and evaluate achievements made and obstacles encountered by the United Nations system, and consider further measures to strengthen implementation and monitoring of gender mainstreaming in the United Nations system; (b) Devoting a future coordination segment, by 2005, to the review and appraisal of the system-wide implementation of Economic and Social Council agreed conclusions 1997/2 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system and to identify further strategies to accelerate their implementation, and as part of this review and appraisal, to request __________________ 47 24 ACC/1998/4, para. 63.