Resolution 40/10. Comments on the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/46 of 31 May 1985, in which the Council requested the formulation of a system-wide medium-term plan for women and development, and the resulting plan, 56/ as endorsed by the Council in its resolution 1987/86 of 8 July 1987, Also recalling Council resolution 1988/59 of 27 July 1988, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to initiate the formulation of a system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, Noting that the Commission had before it at its thirty-seventh session a draft system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001, 57/ and that the Council, in its resolution 1993/16 of 27 July 1993, adopted the proposal of the Commission on the Status of Women to invite the Secretary-General to revise the draft plan after the Platform for Action and the second review and appraisal of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women 58/ had been formulated and adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, Recognizing the role of the Council in overseeing system-wide coordination in the implementation of the Platform for Action, 59/ Recalling that Governments have the primary responsibility for implementing the Platform for Action, Further recalling that the Platform for Action needs to be implemented through the work of all of the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system as an integral part of system-wide programming, Recognizing that the Platform for Action calls 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, 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 Platform for Action, with a clear delineation of responsibility and accountability, all of which should be reflected in the * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 83-88. 56/ E/1987/52. 57/ E/1992/43. 58/ Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A. 59/ Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (A/CONF.177/20 and Add.1), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. -37-