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AG/RES. 1588 (XXVIII-O/98)

SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL ON COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86), "FULL AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN BY THE YEAR 2000"

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the Permanent Council's observations and recommendations on the annual report of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and, in particular, those in reference to the Sixth Biennial Report of the Secretary General on compliance with the resolution titled "Full and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000" [AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86)], which indicates the measures taken to increase the effective incorporation of women into the development process;

RECALLING:

Resolution AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86), which called for the incorporation of the strategies and goals contained in the Plan of Action of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), "Full and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000," in the future programming of the organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system and for the establishment of appropriate mechanisms and procedures for their ongoing review and evaluation, in coordination with the CIM;

Resolution AG/RES. 933 (XVIII-O/88), which instructed the General Secretariat to include in its instruments for evaluating programs and projects appropriate indicators to measure the impact of those activities on women and on their incorporation into the development process;

Resolution AG/RES. 1061 (XX-O/90), which reiterated the need for coordinated programming that establishes the appropriate mechanisms and procedures with which to evaluate the results achieved;

Resolution AG/RES. 1192 (XXII-O/92), which recommended to the Secretary General that he call upon the CIM to provide the organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system with a conceptual framework to facilitate the evaluation, within their respective areas of competence, of their implementation of the strategies and the goals aimed at the full and equal participation of women by the year 2000, and urged the Secretary General to adopt measures to increase the number of women in senior-level positions in the General Secretariat;

Resolution AG/RES. 1303 (XXIV-O/94), which asked the Secretary General to include in his next report information on the implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Gender Issues concerning women, to continue to increase the number of women in senior-level positions in the General Secretariat, and to report thereon to the Permanent Council by including gender statistics in the "New Salary and Benefits System of the OAS" (AG/doc.3094/94); and Resolution AG/RES. 1431 (XXVI-O/96), "Fifth Biennial Report of the Secretary General on Compliance with Resolution AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86), Full and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000," wherein the General Assembly recognized the efforts of the Secretary General and the progress made by the Organization in this area in the 1994-1996 biennium;

REITERATING:

The essential importance of effectively coordinating the policies and programs for achieving the goal of full incorporation of women into national development;

That the mechanisms and procedures necessary for full incorporation, as part of the programming, strategies, and objectives for achieving full and equal participation of women by the year 2000, have not yet been established in all areas; and

The importance of incorporating women at all levels of the decision-making process, both nationally and internationally; and

CONSIDERING:

That in 1995, women occupied 29 percent of the D-2 positions, 27 percent of the D-1 positions, and 18 percent of the P-5 positions in the General Secretariat of the Organization; and

That in 1997, in that Secretariat only one woman held a D-2 position (9.1 percent), women held only 5 (18 percent) of the 27 D-1 positions, and women held only 14 (17 percent) of the 81 P-5 positions,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note, with satisfaction, of the Sixth Biennial Report of the Secretary General on Compliance with Resolution AG/RES. 829 (XVI-O/86), "Full and Equal Participation of Women by the Year 2000."

2. To ask the Secretary General to establish suitable mechanisms to evaluate the inclusion of the gender issue in the programs and projects carried out by the General Secretariat.

3. To urge the Secretary General that, when appointing staff to senior positions within the Organization, equal opportunity be guaranteed for all persons considered for those positions.

4. To request that the Secretary General include information on implementation of this resolution in his seventh biennial report on this subject.

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