35. Since 1974, many countries had taken steps to eliminate discriminatory features from their legislation. In addition, statutory provisions had been introduced, which explicitly prohibited discrimination on grounds of sex. The Netherlands urged the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, in particular the Advancement of women Branch, to implement paragraph 350 of the Forward-looking Strategies. Future medium-term plans of all United Nations bodies, / ... A/C.3/40/SR. 24 English Page 9 (Mrs. Brader-Breukel, Netherlands) including the regional commissions and the specialized agencies, should devote attention to developing a detailed policy on women and development so that it could ~ included in all objectives, programmes and policy guidelines. In formulating programmes and projects, it should be stated explicitly whether and in what way women were included in the target group. 36. In addition, the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, should take the initiative in formulating a system-wide medium-term plan for women and·development, taking into account the results of the World Conference, and should submit it to the Commission on the Status of women and to the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination. Measures must also be taken to increase awareness among United Nations staff of ~men's interests and the positive and negative effects of projects and prOgrammes on women. It was also important to develop indicators by which to measure progress in the advancement of women and to conduct comparative statistical studies. That was the only way in which the Strategies could be assessed, modified and adjusted. 37, Without the support of women's organizations, the themes and activities of the Decade for women would never have received the attention they had won. Those activities had been started because it was gradually becoming clearer that the ~licy of integration in respect of women in development did not adeauately meet 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of the Forward-looking Strategies and the Decade for Women, focusing on the advancement of women in development and the need for a system-wide medium-term plan. It also highlights the importance of increasing awareness among UN staff and conducting comparative statistical studies. This suggests that the text is primarily concerned with the social and economic empowerment of women, rather than specific sectors such as agriculture or industry.

**Category**
Education, Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief