The CHAIRMAN. If I could go off on another tangent, the United Nations has declared 1985 to be both International Year of Youth and the end of the U.N. Decade for Women. I participated as a delegate at the United Nations in some of those international meetings that we had that began the Decade for Women.

What are the plans of your Agency, Director Wick, for observing the International Year of Youth? How much money have you allocated or do you plan to allocate toward International Year of Youth? For what purposes would such funds be used particularly since so far as I know there is no world conference for International Year of Youth as there was for U.N. International Year for Women?

Mr. WICK. It is my understanding that International Year of Youth in 1985 is going to be widely heralded particularly by the Soviets and others. Here [indicating] is my résumé of what we are doing.

We began providing grant support to the officially designated U.S. International Youth Year Commission last fiscal year and we continue to provide support this year. Stan, do you have the amount of money? Mr. SILVERMAN. In the budget that was presented to you this year, Mr. Chairman, the request was for $1.5 million for events related to the International Year of the Youth. Of course with the year about to start and our resources yet to be fully determined we will have to reevaluate the amount, but that was the amount that was in the budget. Mr. WICK. Based on consultations with this committee and with the International Youth Year Commission which has been officially designated by the United States, we plan to develop a more ambitious program in support of the IYY during fiscal year 1984. Our budget request will certainly be needed to propel forward these ambitious plans that we have.

As to the Women's Decade Conference in Nairobi, we are actively involved and intend to become more active as the event draws near. The Agency has a representative to the interagency committee on the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, and our Agency staff has met with Ms. Nancy Reynolds and representatives in the Department of State involved in planning for the event.

Our contribution is directed toward the following areas: Policy advice-based on domestic and international public attitudes-as "position papers" which we plan to write and have written for the official U.S. delegation; programing and media projects to take place in connection with the simultaneous unofficial forum; establishment of a press office to service the needs of the U.S. media; insuring involvement and consultation by the interagency planning group with domestic women's organizations; international visitors projects during the period preceding the conference. Also, we know that you introduced the women in development amendment to the 1963 Foreign Assistance Act, and I think you were a delegate, were you not, to the first conference held in Mexico City in 1975.

[The Chairman nods affirmatively.]

Mr. WICK. I know that you produced a committee print on the conference proceedings and served on the Overseas Education Fund's Congressional Advisory Committee. We would like to take a turn in applauding you.

The CHAIRMAN. I would like to concentrate my last question on the International Year of the Women. It was a decade for women, and we provided a great deal of leadership in that area.

We have every right to be leaders in it. Shortly before that I had introduced what has been called the Percy amendment which I can recall. A representative from a certain Arab country came up after my speech shaking with rage. "What you are trying to do in just a few years is accomplish for women what it has taken centuries for men to accomplish. You are causing a revolution."

Well, we became very good friends as long as we stayed off that subject. We had him over to our home for Thanksgiving dinner, he and his wife. He was a remarkable person, but he just had the same male chauvinist attitude that so many people have grown up with.

It is a part of their culture. I just said the developing world cannot afford to deal women out of their plans and we cannot afford in this country to do so. Judicial appointments, medical doctors, other doctors and everyone else are women. We cannot tolerate that kind of discrimination and prejudice.

The year 1985 also marks the end of the U.N. Decade for Women so I want to see that this decade gives us a lasting program that we never forget. We really have to do it.

I wonder if you could pull together from the executive branch of Government what has happened to the Percy amendment to see that we get more policy jobs in the United Nations itself. At the time I was a delegate 3 percent of policy jobs were in the hands of women.

They had a lot of women there, but they were secretarial. In policy matters women were left out. Now a woman heads our U.S. delegation. [The information referred to follows:]

U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY-BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, FULBRIGHT-HAYS PROGRAM GRANTEES-TRENDS BY GRANTEE SEX

Although no trend analysis on grantee sex has been run for some time, we have identified two key indicators for the period fiscal year 1968 through fiscal year 1982 and isolated for fiscal year 1982.

The first statistics-for all grantees sponsored under the program-indicates that 21 percent of grantees were women over the entire period. For fiscal year 1981, the last year of the period for which full records are available, that proportion had risen slightly to 26 percent.

The second statistic-for American Fulbright student grantees-indicates that 25 percent of such grantees were women over the entire period. For fiscal year 1981, that proportion had risen to 42 percent.

We believe that these two key statistics accurately reflect the gradually increasing percentage of women participants in the program over the past several years. For some time, the Agency has sought to encourage such participation, particularly in the International Visitor Program, where guidance to USIS overseas posts mentions the importance of identifying influential and potentially influential women as participants in the program.

Because this trend has developed gradually and over a relatively long period of time, we have not taken specific steps to publicize our efforts. At your suggestion, however, we will explore the possibility of identifying appropriate means to make our efforts-and modest success-in this area known more widely.

INTRODUCTION

The Percy Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 (Section 113) called for bilateral foreign aid programs "to be administered so as to give particular attention to those programs, projects, and activities which tend to integrate women into the national economies of foreign countries, thus improving their status and assisting the total development effort."

Recently Senator Percy queried Director Wick as to what is being done under the Percy Amendment to see that we get more women into policy jobs at organiza

tions such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The following paragraphs contain relevant, available information on that issue.

I. THE UNITED NATIONS

An analysis of various reports from the United Nations indicates that some progress in the number and level of women employees has been made, but there is still considerable work to be done. The United States has continued to maintain its position that more women should be recruited and promoted into professional ranks at the United Nations. As a result of our efforts, at present Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick heads the USUN Delegation and one of USIA's outstanding female employees, Sally Grooms, is assigned as Deputy Political Counselor at the U.N. Headquarters.

A. Specific actions taken

The U.S. Delegation has been active in supporting and facilitating the passage of several resolutions, all designed to improve the position of women. Passed in 1978, Resolution 33/143 contained a number of provisions to increase the number of women on the roster, to review career opportunities for women and to increase the proportion of women in professional categories and above (Tab A). Resolution 35/210, passed in December, 1980, recalled the provisions of the earlier resolution and requested an examination of additional measures to advance the appointment, promotion and assignment of women (Tab. B). Resolution 37/235 passed in December, 1982, reaffirmed the target of 25 percent (set in 1978) for the employment of women and asked for inclusion of information on progress made in the next Annual Report (Tab C).

B. Results

Tables and graphs contained in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit dated March 1982 (See Tab D) indicate some increase in the number of women employed as compared with the positions in 1976 and 1979. Graphs 1 and 2 indicate an increase in employment in the P-3 through P-5 grades but very little change in the D-1 level and above. The increase in employment is particularly noticeable in the personnel advisory and administrative boards (see Table 1 of the report).

The same report of the Joint Inspection Unit shows little change in career development procedures over the past few years and concludes that additional efforts are needed to give women opportunity for further advancement. An example of the present situation is illustrated in the table below giving the current employment at the D-1 level and above in the U.N. Secretariat.

D-1:

Male

U.N. Secretariat, employment of women, December 31, 1982

Female (5 percent)-.

232

12

244

84

4

88

19

3

22

25

1

26

II. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

We were unable to obtain a printed report on the status of women employed at the IMF. The statistics given in the table below were obtained by phone from the Chief, Recruiting and Training Division.

Although we were unable to discover any written regulations or policy statements on the subject, the IMF has an informal policy of attempting to increase the employment levels of women. The overall employment profile includes 25-26 percent female employees. Economists make up 65.7 percent of the total employment and within this category, approximately 18 percent are women. There is an informal understanding that the numbers and level of women employees will be increased and this becomes operative when decisions regarding employment and promotions are made by the various selection committees.

III. WORLD BANK

We were unable to obtain printed tables of the employment profile at the World Bank. The figures shown in the table below were obtained by phone from the Office of the Director of Personnel.

As of June 30, 1983, the total staff of the Bank numbered 5,587 of whom 2,821 were high-level staff. According to the World Bank Annual Report, "there were efforts to increase the proportion of women with particularly encouraging results in the Young Professionals Program." Thirty-nine percent of the total selected for this program are women (Tab E).

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There seems to be no formal policy or regulation designed to increase the numbers of women employed or status of women already employed at the Bank. However, as witness the statement in the Annual Report, an informal effort is being made to improve the employment profile.

SUMMARY

The United States has been active in sponsoring and supporting legislation at the United Nations to increase the number of women employed at the professional level. The report, Status of Women in the Professional Category and Above, shows some progress particularly in women's participation in personnel advisory and administrative boards. Thus, it would seem that women are now in positions where they can exert significant influence on hiring and promotion policies.

The information obtainable from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank is less complete. There is a discernible small increase in numbers but little evidence of advancement in the upper levels.

[Tab A]

RESOLUTION 33/143. PERSONNEL QUESTIONS

The General Assembly,

Having examined the reports of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat and on the implementation of personnel policy reforms,

Concerned that the reforms of personnel policy as well as the implementation of the various resolutions in the composition of the Secretariat are proceeding too slowly and a coherent personnel policy has not yet been realized.

Concerned about the urgent need to secure an improved representation of developing countries at senior and policy-making levels and reiterating the objective of achieving adequate representation of hitherto unrepresented and underrepresented countries,

Reaffirming that the paramount consideration in the employment of staff at every level is the need for the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity and convinced that this is compatible with the principles of equitable geographical distribution,

Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Joint Inspection Unit on the implementation of the personnel policy reforms approved by the General Assembly in 1974, on women in the Professional Category and above in the United Nations system and on General Service staff of the United Nations and Genevabased specialized agencies,

Welcoming the intention of the Secretary-General to launch a plan of action to improve the geographical distribution of the Secretariat during 1979-1980, Concerned about the need to improve the proportion of women in the Secretariat within the context of equitable geographical distribution,

Calling upon the Secretary-General and all the United Nations organizations to put an end to any form of discrimination based on sex, as laid down in Article 8 of the Charter of the United Nations, in conditions of employment, recruitment, promotion and training and to ensure that the opportunities for employment and promotion of women in the United Nations system are equal to those of men,

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1. Requests the Secretary-General to adopt the following measures and guidelines regarding recruitment of Professional staff :

(a) Bulletins containing a statement of all existing vacancies as well as all those expected to arise in the course of the following year should be issued every six months, in order to facilitate the submission by Member States of candidates for recruitment;

(b) Publicity should be given regarding recruitment of personnel in co-operation with Member States, inter alia through United Nations offices, universities and professional organizations, including women's organizations whenever appropriate, to fulfill the recruitment policies outlined in the present resolution;

(c) Composition of the roster of candidates should be improved, in order to make it more geographically representative and make it better reflect the recruitment needs of the Secretariat among various occupational groups as well as to increase the number of women on the roster, and, prior to filling a vacancy, a thorough search should be made of the roster for suitable candidates;

(d) Professional staff of the United Nations should be encouraged to work at more than one duty station and satisfactory performance during such tours of duty should be considered an additional positive factor in evaluating them for promotion;

(e) Information on the over-all results of the staff performance review should be made available to the General Assembly;

(f) Definition of occupational groups together with criteria for new definition of such groups should be established and a list of occupational groups for General Service and Professional categories along with standards for entry, promotion and rotation of staff should be drawn up;

(g) Movement of staff from the General Service category to the Professional category should be limited to the P-1 and P-2 levels and be permitted up to 30 per cent of the total posts available for appointment at those levels and such recruitment should be conducted exclusively through competitive methods of selection from General Service staff with at least five years' experience and postsecondary educational qualifications;