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Her efforts resulted in the UN General Assembly passing a resolution which supported a new consolidated body – to be headed by an under-secretary-general – to deal with issues concerning women.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/24/UN.women/index.html Behind the U.N. hoopla, a new agency for women emerges]</ref> The resolution merged the UN Development Fund for Women ([[UNIFEM]]), the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW).<ref>[http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=932 UN to Establish Single New Agency to Deal with Rights of Women]</ref>