Chapter III MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN 1. The Commission considered item 4 of its agenda jointly with agenda item 3 (Programming and coordination matters related to the United Nations and the United Nations system) at its 7th, 8th and 14th to 17th meetings on 10, 11 and 16 to 18 March 1994. It had before it the following documents: (a) Note by the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/1994/6); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on women and children under apartheid (E/CN.6/1994/7); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on measures to publicize the communications mechanism of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/1994/8); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights (E/CN.6/1994/11); (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a list of confidential and non-confidential communications concerning the status of women (S.W. Communications List No. 28 and E/CN.6/1994/CR.30). 2. In addition, the Commission had before it, for information, the following documents: (a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its twelfth session (A/48/38); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/48/354); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2000 (A/48/413); (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia prepared by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights (A/48/92-S/25341); (e) Results of the thirteenth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/1994/CRP.1). 3. In introducing the item, the Secretary-General of the Fourth World Conference on Women noted that the documentation on the follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights described the steps taken and suggested to ensure closer cooperation between the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Centre for Human Rights in order to address on a regular basis violations of the human rights of women. She also presented the results of the thirteenth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, including its suggestion No. 5 relating to an optional protocol to the Convention meant to provide for a complaints procedure, as well as the request of the Committee to -60-