E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 Recognizing that the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly call upon the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to strengthen their support for actions at the national level and to enhance their contributions to coordinated follow-up by the United Nations and that each organization should set out the specific actions that it will undertake, including goals and targets to realign priorities and redirect resources to meet the global priorities identified in the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, with a clear delineation of responsibility and accountability, all of which should be reflected in the systemwide medium-term plan for the advancement of women 2002-2005, and stressing in this connection the need for appropriate mechanisms for coordination and cooperation, Aware that the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly stress that the responsibility for ensuring their implementation and the integration of a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United Nations system must rest at the highest levels, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the proposed System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of Women 2002-2005; 50 2. Stresses that the System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of Women 2002-2005 should be an effective instrument for promoting the coordinated implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly; 3. Takes note also of the report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of the implementation of the System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of Women 1996-2001; 51 4. Recommends the adoption of the proposed System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of Women 2002-2005 by the Economic and Social Council, taking into account the present resolution and the comments of the Committee for Programme and Coordination and the Administrative Committee on Cordination, as well as taking note of comments by some Member States of the Commission on the Status of Women as contained in annex IV to the report of the Commission on its 45th session; 52 5. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming, inter alia, institutional follow-up and capacity-building as a critical strategy in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and for achieving the overall goals of gender equality; 6. Emphasizes the importance of a coherent and strategic approach to the actions planned to address the strategic objectives spelt out under each critical area of concern, as well as of integrating a gender perspective into policies and programmes of entities of the United Nations system; __________________ 50 51 52 26 E/CN.6/2001/4. E/CN.6/2000/3. The present report.