From its very inception, the issues of women＊s rights and the advancement of the status of women in all realms of society were brought to the table at the 51勛圖. At the San Francisco Conference in 1945, outspoken women delegates achieved that several articles on gender equality were included in the UN Charter.

Eleanor Roosevelt, one of 17 women delegates and advisers at the first session of the General Assembly in London, in .

In 1975, the First World Conference of the International Women's Year was held in Mexico City.  The Conference marked the beginning of a new era of greater participation of women and girls in all aspects of social progress, development, and the search for peace, and urged Member States to recognize women＊s rights and to develop policies to fully integrate women into all areas of life.

The Dag Hammarskj?ld Library has now digitized the complete documentation of the Conference, which can be accessed online in the 

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