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DRAFT TEXTS RELATING TO WOMEN AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS CHARTER
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Debate Continues on Economic and Social Council Report
The General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to give
wide distribution to the 1989 World Survey on the Role of Women
in Development, and urge Governments to take the Survey's
recommendations into account in designing national policies,
according to a draft resolution introduced this morning by
Malaysia, on behalf of the "Group of 77" developing countries,
in the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).
Also this morning, Finland introduced a 12-Power draft by which
the Assembly would call upon all States to implement the Charter
of Economic Rights and Duties of States, in order to contribute
to the effective restructuring of the international economic
system and the revitalization of the developing countries'
growth.
In other activity this morning, the Committee continued its
debate on the report of the Economic and Social Council, hearing
statements by France (speaking on behalf of the 12 member States
of the European Community), China, Yugoslavia, the German
Democratic Republic, Benin, Byelorussia, Sweden (speaking on
behalf of the five Nordic countries), Czechoslovakia, the United
States, Tunisia, Mongolia and Indonesia.
In addition, the Committee was addressed by Fran Wilde, the
Associate Minister of External Relations and Trade of New
Zealand, who spoke, on behalf of Australia as well, on the
effective integration of women in development.
Ahmed Ghezal (Tunisia), the Committee Chairman, expressed
sympathy to the Governments and peoples of the United States and
China for the loss of life and property caused by recent
earthquakes in those countries.
When the Committee meets again at 3 p.m. today, it will conclude
its discussion of the report of the Economic and Social
Council.
Committee Work Programme
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning is
scheduled to hear the introduction of two draft resolutions.
The first one, on the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of
States, is sponsored by Malaysia, on behalf of the "Group of 77"
developing countries. The second, on the integration of women
in development, is sponsored by Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark,
Ecuador, Finland, Iceland, Indonesia, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Uganda.
The Committee is also scheduled to continue its discussion of the
report of the Economic and Social Council (for background
information, see Press Release GA/EF/2389 of 16 October), and to
hear a statement on the integration of women in development, to
be given by the Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control and
Assistant Minister of External Relations and Trade of New
Zealand.
Draft Resolutions
According to the draft resolution on the Charter of Economic
Rights and Duties of States (document A/C.2/44/L.9), the General
Assembly would call upon all States to implement that Charter
fully, which would contribute to the effective restructuring of
the international economic system and to reactivation of the
economic growth of the developing countries. The Assembly would
also reaffirm the right of every country to adopt without
external interference the economic and social system it deemed
most appropriate for its own development. The Secretary-General
would be requested to submit to the Assembly at its forty-ninth
session a report on the progress achieved in compliance with the
Charter of Economic Rights.
Under the draft on the integration of women in development
(document A/C.2/44/L.10), the General Assembly would request the
Secretary-General to give wide distribution to the 1989 World
Survey on the Role of Women in Development, and to submit the
next regular update of the Survey to the Assembly at its
forty-ninth session, through the Economic and Social Council.
The Assembly would also urge Governments to take into account the
recommendations contained in the Survey in designing national
policies for development, adjustment and economic reform. The
Assembly would call upon the organizations of the United Nations
system to assist national Governments in monitoring the
implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the
Advancement of Women.
In addition, the General Assembly would request the
Director-General for Development and International Economic
Co-operation to include in his 1991 report on operational
activities a separate chapter on United Nations efforts in
integrating women in development, with particular attention to
literacy, education, health, population, environment, employment
and participation in decision-making.
Statement by Chairman
Opening the meeting, the Chairman, AHMED GHEZAL (Tunisia),
expressed on behalf of the Committee its deep sympathy with the
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