DRAFT RESOLUTION II Agreed conclusions on the critical areas of concern* The Economic and Social Council, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 50/203 of 22 December 1995 and 51/69 of 12 December 1996 on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/6 of 22 July 1996 on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women, by which a multi-year programme of work for the Commission on the Status of Women was adopted as a framework for assessing the progress achieved in the implementation of the Platform for Action, Noting that the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-first session reviewed progress achieved in implementation of the Platform for Action in the critical areas of concern: women and the environment; women in power and decision-making; women and the economy; and the education and training of women; and proposed ways and means to accelerate implementation in those four areas, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on thematic issues before the Commission9 and the recommendations contained therein; 2. Calls upon Governments, United Nations agencies and bodies and other international organizations, non-governmental organizations and civil society to cooperate in implementing the strategies adopted at the Fourth World Confer ence on Women and other recent international conferences; 3. Also calls upon Governments, the United Nations system and other international organizations to mainstream a gender perspective into all policies and programmes, while maintaining institutional arrangements to carry out research and develop methodologies and tools for mainstreaming and to advocate for gender equality and the enjoyment by women of their human rights; 4. Endorses the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women on women and the environment; women in power and decision-making; women and the economy; and the education and training of women.10 B. Draft decisions 2. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions: * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 176-177. 9 10 E/CN.6/1997/3. For the texts of the agreed conclusions, see chap. I, sect. C.1, below. -3-