Economic and Social Council        Distr.: General

                                                                                                                  22 December 2005

                                                                                                                  Original: English

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Fiftieth session

27 February-10 March 2006

Item 3 (c) of the provisional agenda*

Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and

to the special session of the General Assembly entitled

"Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for

the twenty-first century": implementation of strategic

objectives and action in the critical areas of concern

Summary

The present report, submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 60/140, provides proposals for enhancing the methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women through the development of the multi-year programme of work for the period 2007-2009. The proposals are based on the work of the Commission since 1996, the outcome of the 10-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and the 2005 World Summit as well as the experience of other functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* E/CN.6/2006/1.

** The submission of the present report was delayed owing to the need for consultation, including with the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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