Works officially from today the new born of the UN system. Chaired by former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, UN Women's Fund is a merger of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM ), Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW ), Bureau Special Adviser on Gender ( OSAGI) and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW ). The new agency was created on July 2 after a unanimous vote of the General Assembly to oversee all programs of the world body to promote women's rights and their full participation in world affairs. One of his goals is to assist the Commission on the Status of Women and other intergovernmental bodies to develop policies.
It also aims to help Member States to implement standards, provide technical and financial support to countries that request it, and forge partnerships with civil society. Within the United Nations, he reminded the world body to its responsibilities in relation to its own commitments on gender equality.
To carry out its missions, UN Women will work with an annual budget of at least $ 500 million - double the current combined resources of the four constituent agencies.
The 41 Council members were selected on the following basis: 10 from Africa, 10 from Asia, 4 from Eastern Europe, 6 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 Western European countries and 6 contributors.Timor Leste has been elected from the Asian countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Republic of Korea. It
Milena Pires, former coordinator the UNIFEM Timor, which represent Timor Leste. Site
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