unit responsible for the advancement of women (1979) and resolution CM/Res.876 (XXXVII) endorsed at the eighteenth ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of OAU (1981) on the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Noting with satisfaction the report of the regional intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Develop­ ment and Peace/Third Regional Conference on the Integration of Women in Development, held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, from 8 to 12 October 1984, Bearing in mind that women subjected to the policies of apartheid and women in illegally occupied Namibia are still victims of all forms of injustice and atrocity perpetrated by the racist regime of South Africa, and that the status of women in the front-line States has been seriously affected by the aggression and destabilizing policies of South Africa, 1. Requests Governments and international organizations to sustain their assistance for national machineries concerned with the integration of women in development to enable them to formulate and execute national programmes for women's development in accordance with the Arusha Strategies; 2. Urgently requests States which have not yet done so to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and States which have signed it to ratify it and do everything possible to ensure its application; - 84 - 3. Calls upon African Governments and national machineries for the integration of women in development to include a proportion of women on their delegations to international and regional meetings, especially those discussing development questions, and to ensure that a women's component is included in national development projects wherever necessary; 4. Adopts the report of the third Regional Conference on the 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be focused on promoting the advancement of women, addressing the challenges they face in various countries, and encouraging governments and international organizations to take action to improve their situation. The text mentions specific policies and conventions related to gender equality and women's development, and urges governments to take concrete steps to ensure the integration of women in development.

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Education, Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief