Chapter II COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ACTING AS THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE HIGH-LEVEL REVIEW IN THE YEAR 2000 OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AND THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION, TO BE HELD BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 52/100, the Commission, during its forty-second session, met also as the Preparatory Committee for the High-level Review in the Year 2000 of the Implementation of the Nairobi Forwardlooking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and the Beijing Platform for Action, which is to be held by the General Assembly. 2. The Preparatory Committee held five meetings (1st to 5th) and a number of informal meetings, on 4, 6 and 11 to 13 March 1998. It had before it the report of the Secretary-General on the high-level plenary review in the year 2000 (A/52/789) containing options for convening the review and a note by the Secretariat on the review (E/CN.6/1998/10). ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 3. At the 3rd meeting, on 11 March, the Preparatory Committee had before it a draft text for a resolution (E/CN.6/1998/L.11) entitled "Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action", submitted by the Chairperson on the basis of informal discussions. 4. At the 4th meeting, on 12 March, the Chairperson made a statement with regard to the draft resolution. 5. At the 5th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission had before it a statement of the programme budget implications of the draft resolution, submitted by the Secretary-General in accordance with rule 31 of the rules of procedure of the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/1998/L.14). 6. At the same meeting, the Chairperson drew the attention of the Commission to an informal paper containing revisions to the draft resolution resulting from informal consultations. 7. The Commission then adopted the draft resolution, as revised (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution). 8. Before the draft resolution was adopted, statements were made by the representatives of Indonesia (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) and Côte d’Ivoire and the observer for Pakistan. -44-