A/RES/52/95 Page 2 3. Emphasizes the role of the Institute as the only gender unit for research and training within the United Nations system, and reiterates the relevant provisions contained in the agreed conclusions 1997/3 of 21 July 1997 of the Economic and Social Council;3 4. Requests the Institute to continue its cooperation with relevant entities of the United Nations system; 5. Also requests the Institute to better coordinate its activities for gender mainstreaming with relevant entities of the United Nations system with a view to developing joint activities and work plans in appropriate areas; 6. Welcomes the fact that in its activities the Institute places a high priority on the obstacles that limit or impede women from becoming equal partners in development; 7. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments and organizations that have contributed to and supported the activities of the Institute; 8. Invites Member States, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and civil society to contribute generously to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, thus enabling the Institute to respond effectively to its mandate; 9. Requests the Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women to develop a funding strategy and to establish a link between the activities of the Institute and its resource base; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution. 70th plenary meeting 12 December 1997 3 A/52/3, chap. IV, sect. B. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 3.