– 75 – (2.2 – Human resources management) believing a) that by including women in every phase of ITU policy and practice, ITU can benefit from drawing on a vast and rich resource, half the world’s population; b) that gender balance, like geographical representation, should be taken into account in ITU policy and practices, including recruitment and publication, hiring, training and education, mobility and promotion opportunities, selection of leadership in all ITU bodies, and ITU elections, considering that Council 2001 has not been provided reports on progress made in increasing gender perspective in line with Resolution 70, resolves 1 to encourage Member States and Sector Members to put forward for leadership and elected positions, and to suggest for ITU staff positions, especially at professional and higher levels, appropriately qualified woman candidates; 2 to request the Secretary-General to allocate appropriate resources, within existing budgetary limits, to establish a gender perspective full-time dedicated staff, invites the Secretary-General 1 to develop an action plan and procedures to address immediately and urgently the lack of gender representation in ITU staff, especially in the professional and higher categories, and to provide this action plan and procedures, together with information on their implementation and effectiveness, to Council 2002; 2 to propose appropriate modifications of the Staff Regulations in order to better promote gender perspective in ITU, instructs the Secretary-General and the Directors of the Bureaux to report to Council 2002 on progress made to incorporate the gender perspective in the work of the General Secretariat and the respective Sectors. Ref.: Documents C2001/123 and C2001/132. R 1299 (C08) Establishment of a Strategic Plan for Human Resources The Council, considering Resolution 48 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on human resources management and development;