The United Nations General Assembly will set up a new agency to

[9] The United Nations General Assembly has voted to set up a new agency to promote equality for women. It will be known officially as The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and [10] it will start work at the beginning of next year, unifying the work of four existing UN bodies. Diplomats said [10] the decision was the culmination of four years of tough bargaining over the different views on gender equality held by western and some developing countries.