United Nations A/RES/57/175 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 102 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/549)] 57/175. Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women The General Assembly, Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, in particular resolutions 55/219 of 23 December 2000 and 56/125 of 19 December 2001, Recalling also that, in its resolution 56/125, it decided to establish a working group mandated to make recommendations to the General Assembly on the future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 1. Welcomes the report of the Working Group on the Future Operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, 1 in which, the Working Group, inter alia, reaffirmed the mandate of the Institute in the field of gender equality and the advancement of women and stressed the need for it to be reformed and revitalized; 2. Endorses the recommendations made by the Working Group on the future operation of the Institute, and requests the Secretary-General to implement the measures recommended by the Working Group in this regard; 2 3. Decides to extend the mandate of the Working Group established by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/125 in order to follow up the implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 above, in close consultation with the Secretary-General; 4. Acknowledges that the measures referred to in paragraph 2 above should be taken as provided within the context of the Secretary-General’s programme for reform, as outlined in his report dated 14 July 1997 3 and in accordance with the recommendations contained in section VI.D of the report; _______________ 1 A/57/330 and Add.1. A/57/330, para. 57. 3 A/51/950. 2 02 54972