(d) Stressing the need to draw on the considerable experience and expertise that exists within the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and other gender units/focal points to provide advice, and encouraging efforts to develop and enhance cooperation and linkages between these units and other parts of the system, including with the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality, in order to broaden responsibility for the implementation of mainstreaming; (e) Emphasizing the importance of achieving a gender balance and the need to implement recommendations and goals already established to increase women’s access to senior levels of decision-making in the United Nations system, including in matters relating to peacekeeping, preventive diplomacy and economic and social development, taking into account equitable geographical representation in conformity with Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, as a key component of mainstreaming a gender perspective; (f) Underscoring the importance of working with non-governmental organizations and women’s groups, and developing partnerships to build capacity for progress in mainstreaming; (g) Calling upon United Nations departments and bodies, in the context of preparation of the programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999 and in budget decisions in general, to take full account of the need to implement the Beijing Platform for Action and to mainstream a gender perspective in their programmes, in line with the recommendations of the Platform, and to identify clearly those activities that are necessary to achieve that objective; (h) Calling for adequate human and financial resources, including resources for the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, in order to carry out all tasks foreseen in the Beijing Platform for Action; 27. Stresses that mainstreaming a gender perspective into all United Nations-system activities is an ongoing process requiring regular assessment and commitment at the highest level, and further stresses, in this context, the need for effective follow-up throughout the United Nations system to the recommendations of Economic and Social Council coordination segment; 28. Urges that the Economic and Social Council specifically integrate a gender perspective into its deliberations on economic and social issues, including the high-level segment; 29. Requests Governments to include information on progress in mainstreaming when submitting their reports on national action plans for the implementation of the commitments contained in the Beijing Platform for Action, which are due by 30 May 1997, as input for the preparation of the synthesis report of the Secretary-General in 1998; 30. Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution. -33-