role was meaningless when the world might be plunged into catastrophe. Women in her country had suffered more than most during the Second world War, and the current population pattern still reflected the effects of that conflict. women of her country and other nations had made great efforts -at the front lines, in partisan brigades and on the home front -to achieve victory over facism and militarism. 44. The United Nations Decade for Women and the Declaration of Mexico, had helped to mobilize fresh forces in the cause of peace and the social and economic development of nations, as well as to improve the status of women as a vital factor for peace and progress, including opposition to the arms race on earth and in space. The Nairobi World Conference had shown that women did not everywhere exercise equality in politics, employment, education, health and other fields, but experience had proved the value of the world Plan of Action endorsed by the World Conference on the International women•s Year at Mexico City. 45. The Forward-looking Strategies adopted at the most recent World Conference were based on those instruments, they stressed that equality, development and peace were indivisible and rightly showed that the chief obstacles to the advancement of ; ... A/C. 3/40/SR. 24 English Page 11 (Miss Soboleva, Byelorussian SSR) women were imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, apartheid, racism in all forms and the existing unjust international economic relations. Adoption of the Strategies was of the greatest significance for women throughout the world and the entire United Nat ions system. 46. Her country had been among the first to accede to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against women. The provisions of that instrument and the World Plan of Action were reflected ~n her country's 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the role of women in international relations, specifically in the context of the United Nations and its efforts to promote gender equality and women's rights. It mentions the effects of World War II on women's status, the importance of women's participation in peace and development, and the challenges faced by women in achieving equality. The text also references international agreements and instruments, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the World Plan of Action.

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