E/2011/27 E/CN.6/2011/12 116. At the 1st meeting of the fifty-fifth session, on 12 March 2010, the Commission elected Filippo Cinti (Italy) and María Luz Melon (Argentina) to replace Roberto Storaci (Italy) and Julio Peralta (Paraguay), who had resigned as Vice-Chairs. 117. At the 2nd meeting, on 22 February 2011, the Commission elected Tetsuya Kimura (Japan) to replace Takashi Ashiki (Japan), who had resigned as Vice-Chair. D. Agenda and organization of work 118. At its 2nd meeting, on 22 February, the Commission adopted its agenda and approved its organization of work as contained in document E/CN.6/2011/1. The agenda read as follows: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twentythird special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”: (a) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: (i) Priority theme: access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work; (ii) Review theme: the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child; (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men; (c) Gender mainstreaming, situations and programmatic matters. 4. Communications concerning the status of women. 5. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. 6. Provisional agenda for the fifty-sixth session of the Commission. 7. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-fifth session. 119. At the same meeting, the Commission approved its organization of work, as contained in document E/CN.6/2011/1/Add.1. E. Appointment of the members of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women 120. Pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/27, the Commission established a working group to consider communications concerning the status of women. In accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 2009/16, the 11-28654 49

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