E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 “Recalling also its resolution 41/6 of 21 March 1997 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, “Recalling further Economic and Social Council agreed conclusions 1997/2 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, in which there was a call for immediate and concrete steps to mainstream a gender perspective, including the implementation of the 1997/2 agreed conclusions as a matter of urgency and at the latest by the time of the five-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action in 2000, “Recalling 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 dedicating 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; “3. Welcomes the ongoing commitment of the Secretary-General to mainstreaming a gender perspective into the United Nations system and the steps taken by various entities of the United Nations system to integrate a gender perspective into their work, including those outlined in the report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action; “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; “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, policy analysis and operational activities in the work programmes of the bodies of the United Nations system, and its work in compiling good practices, guidelines and indicators in the area of gender mainstreaming; “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; 44