Financial , budgetary and administrative matters Summary The General Assembly , in its resolution 64/289 of 2 July 2010 on system-wide coherence , established the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) and provided it with a mandate to assist countries and the United Nations system to progress more effectively and efficiently towards the goals of achieving gender equality and women 's empowerment and upholding women 's rights .