 On May 12, 1976, Resolution 1998 (LX) allowed the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to create INSTRAW.ECOSOC created a plan to develop INSTRAW in phases and mandated that INSTRAW should be in place by 1977.INSTRAW began working on research and training in January of 1980 and was accountable to the president of a board of directors, Delphine Tsanga.