Action and other matters related to conference preparations, including calling
upon the Secretary-General, in preparing the programme budget for the biennium
1996-1997 to anticipate, from within existing levels of the programme budget,
adequate human and financial resources to carry out the strategic action
required by the United Nations to implement the Platform for Action.
The Commission adopted nine other resolutions on other matters.
In resolution 38/1 (Integration of women in the Middle East peace process)
the Commission urges Governments, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental
organizations to include women in the peace process, and to assist the
Palestinian people in the implementation of the Declaration of Principles on
Interim Self-Government Arrangements so as to ensure Palestinian women's
political development and participation.
In resolution 38/2 (Mainstreaming women's human rights), the Commission
requests the Secretary-General to see to the preparation of a joint workplan on
women’s human rights for the Centre for Human Rights and the Division for the
Advancement of Women, including joint training, public information and other
documentation and exchange of personnel. It recommends that the regular
meetings of persons chairing human rights treaty bodies consider the issue of
mainstreaming women’s human rights on a regular basis.
In resolution 38/3 (Elimination of violence against women), the Commission
calls for the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women, requests steps be taken to support the
work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and coordinate it with
the Commission on the Status of Women and requests the Secretary-General to
report to the Commission on the activities of the United Nations bodies and
institutions concerned with crime prevention with regard to the question.
In resolution 38/4 (Palestinian women), the Commission demands compliance
by the occupying Power with relevant international human rights and humanitarian
instruments, urges support to Palestinian women, requests the Commission to
continue to monitor the situation and the Secretary-General to report thereon.
In resolution 38/5 (Women and development), the Commission urges
Governments, intergovernmental bodies, international organizations,
organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations to
take a variety of measures to support the integration of women in the
development process.
In resolution 38/6 (Gender equality in population programmes), the
Commission makes a number of recommendations to Governments, non-governmental
organizations and the international community on measures to ensure the
inclusion of gender equality in population programmes.
In resolution 38/7 (Violence against women migrant workers), the Commission
calls upon Member States to take a series of measures to address the problem of
violence against women migrant workers, invites the Special Rapporteur on
violence against women to include the issue within her work, invites relevant
organizations of the United Nations system to report on the question, recommends
that the Centre for Human Rights include the issue in its work and requests the
Secretary-General to develop indicators to determine the situation of women
migrant workers in sending and receiving countries.
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