undertaken, including examination oftherelationship between different levelsof violence. SUBPROGRAMME 4.MONITORING, REVIEW ANDAPPRAISAL OFTHEIMPLEMENTATION OFTHENAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES ONTHE ADVANCEMENT OFWOMEN (a)Objectives 27.26 Thelegislative authority forthepresent subprogramme derives fromGeneral Assembly resolutions 40/108 and44/77,paragraphs 2,8,10and16;Economic and Social Council resolutions 1987/18, paragraphs 1and4,1987/22, annex, 1988/22, paragraphs 1,3to5,8,10to12andannex, and1989/30, paragraphs 3and5;the Commission ontheStatusofWomenresolution 4(1987), paragraph (e);theNairobi Forward-looking Strategies, paragraphs 309to321,338to344,366to369 and371to372;andtheSystem-Wide Medium-Term PlanforWomenandDevelopment, subprogramrnes 5.2,6.2and6.3. 27.27 Theimpetus andrelevance oftheNairobi Forward-looking Strategies requires acareful effortatmonitoring, reviewing andappraising progress. Without that effort, theimportance ofadvancement ofwomeninpublicpolicy andinconcrete programmes mightbereduced, ineffective programmes perpetuated andnew,promising initiatives gounnoticed bytheinternational community. Thebasisformonitoring, review andappraisal mustbenational machineries fortheadvancement ofthose women, whoselevelofdevelopment isuneven andwhocurrently lacksystematic means toexchange information. Theflowofinformation between national and international levelsissimilarly uneven andunsystematic. 27.28 Theobjectives ofsubprogramrne 4are: (a)Tomonitor theoverall implementation oftheNairobi Forward-looking Strategies byundertaking comprehensive reviews ofactiontaken,resources allocated andprogress achieved indeveloping andimplementing international and national policyguidelines fortheadvancement ofwomen; -9- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library-;,,'(,,;<1' (b)Tostrengthen networks fortheexchange ofinformation onwomenamong Governments, intergovernmental andnon-governmental organizations, researchers and activists, andtopromote moreeffective communication andco-operation between them; '(c)Toestablish asystemforcollecting andupdating information from countries andtheUnitedNations systemforthereview andappraisal ofnational experience inimplementing theForward-looking Strategies andtheConvention onthe Elimination ofAllFormsofDiscrimination against Women; (d)Toassist MemberStatesinestablishing andstrengthening national machineries, particularly indeveloping theirmonitoring andreview andappraisal functions. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretariat 27.29 Thebiennial monitoring exercises, basedonassessment oftheextentto whichactivities related totheadvancement ofwomenareincluded intheworkof theorganizations oftheUnitedNations system, annualsubstantive monitoring in thecontext ofthepriority themesdiscussed bytheCommission ontheStatus of Womenandquinquennial reviews andappraisals willbeconducted, basedonasystem ofquestionnaires, statistical reporting andanalysis ofinformation produced at thenational andinternational levels. Itwillinclude preparing forandservicing theproposed 1995WorldConference onWomen. 27.30Efforts willbemadetostrengthen national machineries, including preparation ofguidelines inthelightofthefollow-up tothediscussion ofthe priority themeonnational machineries bytheCommission ontheStatusofWomenin 1988. Theywillinclude thedevelopment ofbibliographical information systems and dissemination ofinformation onnational andinternational experience tointerested national machineries, thesponsoring oftraining fornational machineries where requested andorganization ofmeetings ofnon-governmental organizations. Exchange o~information abouttheactivities ofnational machineries willbearegular feature ofWomenNewsandWomen2000. 27.31Efforts toincrease interaction between Governments andnon-governmental organizations attheinternational levelwillcentre onhelping non-governmental
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the advancement of women, specifically the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies, which involves monitoring, reviewing, and appraising the progress made in promoting women's rights and development. The text mentions various international resolutions, conferences, and organizations, which suggests that it is an international development-related text.

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