E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 and ensure that women benefit equally with men from such programmes in all sectors; “(b) To ensure the full and effective participation of Afghan women in all stages of humanitarian assistance, recovery, reconstruction and development, including planning, programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; “(c) To support the elements of civil society active in the field of human rights, and encourage the involvement of women therein; “(d) To ensure that all their international and national personnel, prior to beginning their service, receive training in gender equality as well as appropriate training in the history, culture and traditions of Afghanistan and are fully familiar with and guided by international standards of human rights; “(e) To integrate efforts to improve the health status of women within all reconstruction efforts, especially through access to skilled prenatal care, increasing access to skilled birth attendance, education programmes on basic health issues, community information activities and emergency obstetric care; “(f) To continue to support measures for the employment of women and the integration of a gender perspective into all social, development and reconstruction programmes, taking into account the special needs of widows; “6. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the post of Senior Gender Adviser in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is filled on a permanent basis; “7. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-eighth session a report of progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.” 51. At the 14th meeting, on 14 March, the Commission had before it a revised draft resolution (E/CN.6/2003/L.4/Rev.1) submitted by Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 52. At the same meeting, Argentina, Slovakia and Slovenia joined as sponsors of the revised draft resolution. 53. Subsequently, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and the Philippines joined as sponsors of the revised draft resolution. 54. The Commission was advised that the revised draft resolution contained no programme budget implications. 55. At the same meeting, the Commission approved the revised draft resolution and recommended it to the Economic and Social Council (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II). 35