A/RES/59/164 3. Regrets that the goal of 50/50 gender distribution has not been met and that overall progress in achieving this goal remains limited; 4. Notes with concern the continuing lack of representation of women at higher levels of decision-making, especially at the Under-Secretary-General level; 5. Notes with particular concern that gender balance considerations have yet to be effectively integrated throughout the human resources management policies of the United Nations; Reaffirms the urgent goal of achieving 50/50 gender distribution in all 6. categories of posts within the United Nations system, especially at senior and policy-making levels, with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in conformity with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations; Stresses the need to address the continuing lack of representation or 7. underrepresentation of women from certain countries, in particular from developing and least developed countries, from countries with economies in transition and from unrepresented or largely underrepresented Member States; Reaffirms the need to continue to develop innovative recruitment 8. strategies to identify and attract suitably qualified women candidates, in particular from, and in, developing and least developed countries and countries with economies in transition and other Member States that are unrepresented or underrepresented in the Secretariat; Reaffirms also its resolution 58/144 of 22 December 2003, and requests 9. increased and sustained efforts towards its full implementation; 10. Requests the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations system to ensure that recruitment strategies, promotion and retention policies, career development, justice, anti-harassment and sexual harassment policies, human resources and succession planning, work/family policies, management culture and mechanisms for managerial accountability accelerate the goal of 50/50 gender distribution; 11. Urges the Secretary-General and the executive heads of the organizations of the United Nations system to redouble their efforts to realize significant progress towards the goal of 50/50 gender distribution in the very near future; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to enable the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women to effectively contribute to, monitor and facilitate the setting and achievement of gender targets in human resource action plans, including by ensuring access to the information required to carry out that work; 13. Strongly encourages Member States to support the efforts of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, funds and programmes to achieve the goal of 50/50 gender distribution, especially at senior and policy-making levels, by identifying and regularly submitting more women candidates for appointment to positions in the United Nations system, by identifying and proposing national recruitment sources in cooperation with national women’s machineries and professional organization networks and by encouraging more women to apply for positions within the Secretariat, the specialized agencies, funds and programmes and the regional commissions, including in areas in which women are underrepresented, such as peacekeeping, peacebuilding and other non-traditional areas; 2