UNITED NATIONS General Aeeembly@Di str . GENERAL A/40/701 18 October 1985 ORIGINAI,: ENGLISH Fortieth ses s ion Agenda iten 99 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINTNG INSTITUTE EOR THE ADVANCEII.TENT OF I{OMEN Note bv the Secreta rv-cene ra I The ceneral Asserbly, in its resolutton 39 /L22 of 14 Decenber 1984. requested the Sec retary-Gene ra I to subnit to tbe Assenbly at lts fortieth session a report on the activi!ies of the fnternational Research and Training Instltute for the Advancernent of Oonen. The Secretary-Genera t hereby transnits to the Assenbly the the report prepared by the fnstitute on its progranne activities. 85-2886I I622n (E)A/ 40/7 01 Englteh Page ? I. II. Itt. rv.he International Rerch and Tra in tute tof COTTTENTS IMRODUC"fIO{. GENBRAI, TIIETIIODOLOGICAL FR,.IIIENORK OF THE NORK OF THE INSTITT}TE ON TIOI'IEN AND DEVEIOPIGNT. . . . . iiETHOD OF I irP LEITIE ti}TAT ION IUPT,EI'ENTATION OF TIIE WORK PROGRAIIIUE IN 1984-1985.. ADIIIINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS...Paragraphs Page 1-4 3 5-27 3 28 - 31 9 32 - 12I l0 t22 - t24 29A/40/701 Enalish Page 3 I.INTRODOCTION l. By its redolutlon 39/L22 of 14 Decenber L984, tbe General Assernbly resuested the Secr etary-Genera 1 to subnlt at its fortieth sesslon a report on tbe activities of the InternaCional Research and Traininq Institute for the Advancenent of i{onen ( INSTRA$) . 2. Since ita last report to the General Assenbly at its thirtv-eighth session (A/38/406, annex), the Instttute has been forrnally institutionalized. In its resolution 39/249 ot 9 April 1985, the Assenblt' endorsed the statute of the International Research and Training fnstitute for the Advancenent of glotnen G/f9/5I1, annex) as an autononous instltution within the franerork of the United Nations to serve as a vehicle on the lnternational level for the purpose of