E/2014/27 E/CN.6/2014/15 Chapter II Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” 6. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 2nd to 13th meetings, from 10 to 18 March 2014, and at its 15th to 17th meetings, on 20 and 21 March 2014. It held general discussions at its 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 15th meetings. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on the normative aspects of the work of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (E/CN.6/2014/2); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (E/CN.6/2014/3); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective into the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes, with a particular focus on challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (E/CN.6/2014/4); (d) Note by the Secretariat containing a discussion guide for the high-level round table on the challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (E/CN.6/2014/5); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2014/6); (f) Report of the Secretary-General on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts (E/CN.6/2014/7); (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on the activities of the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women (A/HRC/26/17-E/CN.6/2014/8); (h) Letter dated 20 December 2013 from the President of the Economic and Social Council to the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2014/9); (i) Note by the Secretariat on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/1 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/2014/10); (j) Report of the Secretary-General on the actions to strengthen linkages between gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity (E/CN.6/2014/11); 14-02869 53/95