WUNRN
UNITED NATIONS
The Commission elaborated a multi-year
programme of work for the first time in 1987 (Council resolution 1987/24 of 26
May 1987). In 1996, following the adoption of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for
Action, a multi-year programme of work was adopted for the period 1997-2000
(Council resolution 1996/6). Subsequent work programmes were adopted in 2001
(Council resolution 2001/4) and most recently in (Council resolution 2006/9).
Priority themes on the Commission’s agenda for the period 2007-2009 are:
- 2007 - The elimination of all forms of
discrimination and violence against the girl child
- 2008 - Financing for gender equality and the
empowerment of women
- 2009 - The equal sharing of responsibilities
between women and men, including caregiving in the context of
HIV/AIDS
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