12. Reaffirms that the Commission on the Status of Women has a central role in assisting the Council in monitoring, assessing progress made in and accelerating, within the United Nations system, the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, and in advising the Council thereon, encourages the Commission, in this regard, further to enhance its working methods in order to improve the effectiveness of its work and its catalytic role in ensuring the integration of a gender perspective in United Nations activities, taking into consideration the adoption by the Council of the multi-year programme of work of the Commission for 2002-2006,See Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/4. and calls on the Commission and all involved to implement the programme of work;
12. 重申妇女地位委员会在以下两方面起着关键作用：协助理事会监测、评估执行《北京行动纲要》和第二十三届特别会议成果工作所取得的进展并在联合国系统内加快这项工作的步伐，以及就此向理事会提供咨询意见，在这方面，鼓励妇女地位委员会进一步改进工作方法，以提高其工作效力，增强其将性别观点纳入联合国活动的催化作用，考虑到经济及社会理事会已通过妇女地位委员会2002-2006年多年工作方案，见经济和社会理事会第2001/4号决议。 并吁请妇女地位委员会及有关各方实施工作方案；