text: UNITED NATIONS GeneralAssembly GENERAL A/ 40 /'7 03 3 octoher 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fortieth session Agenda iten 84 (i) OPERATIONAL ACTM'IIES FOR DE\,'ELOPMENT: EFFECTIVE MOBILIZATION AND II.ITEGRATION OF WOi4EN IN DEVEI,OPI'"1ENT lqorld Surve!,' on the RoIe of liomen in Development Ncte by the Secretarv-ceneral I. In its resolut rcr.t 39/I72 of 1? December 1984, the ceneral Assenbly,inter alia, r-ecommended that the i.lor: f d Sdrvey on the Role of Wonen in Development(A,/CONF.Il6zf) prepared for rhe 'rorld Conference to Review and Appraise the Achi.evements of the United Nations Decade for !,tonren, held at Nairobi from l5 to 26 July 1985, in its final forrn, should be considered bv the Assembl_v at its fortieth session toqether with any comments and relate{i decisions taken at the above-ment ioned norld Confe rence. '.. In considering the findings of the r^torld Survev, it L,as vTidely felt arnong(ieleqates that the three qoals of the Decade: equality, development and peace, were stronqly interrelated. 'Ihe achievenent of one was conditional uDon the achievement of the other two. Although some progress in one of the three qoals waspossible \,rith the comxritment of women and the polii:ical r,ri11 of covernnerts, the inteqration of women into developrnent t4'ouLd have heen qreatlv accelerated bv favourable ioternational economic and political rel.ations. 3. There E'as also a broad consensus on tbe vielr that during the Decade, andpartlv as a resul: ot it, there has been much proqrps^ made towar.ls achievinq equality, develoDment and Deace. Tbe launching of the Decade had contr:ibuted to achieving its ains, inter alia, bv drauing the attenti.on of policy-nakers andpLanners to the essential cont.ibutions of wonen to development, and to the still untapped economic and intellectual resources of wonen. Howe?er, it was equallvuidely felt that nuch still renained to be done in order to take ful1 advantaqe cf
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the role of women in development, highlighting the importance of their involvement and the progress made during the United Nations Decade for Women. It emphasizes the interrelationship between equality, development, and peace, and notes the need for further progress to achieve the goals of the Decade. The text does not specifically focus on any of the traditional economic or environmental issues, but rather on the social and human aspects of development.