E/2004/27 E/CN.6/2004/14 Chapter II 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” 1. The Commission considered agenda item 3 at its 2nd to 10th and 12th to 15th meetings, from 1 to 5 March and 9 to 12 March 2004. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women in the context of integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields (E/CN.6/2004/2); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on measures taken and progress achieved in the follow-up to and implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, especially in mainstreaming gender perspectives in entities of the United Nations system (E/CN.6/2004/3); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2004/4); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan (E/CN.6/2004/5); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts (E/CN.6/2004/6 and Corr.1); (f) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint work plan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (E/CN.4/2004/65-E/CN.6/2004/7); (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the elimination of violence against women (E/CN.6/2004/8-E/CN.4/2004/117 and Corr.1); (h) Report of the Secretary-General on thematic issues before the Commission: the role of men and boys in achieving gender equality (E/CN.6/2004/9); (i) Report of the Secretary-General on women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peacebuilding (E/CN.6/2004/10); (j) Letter dated 4 March 2004 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (E/CN.6/2004/13); 29