further progress prior to the fifty-third session of the Commission with a view to finalizing this work; "10. Encourages the holding of an international conference on trafficking and all forms of sexual exploitation; "11. Decides to remain seized of this matter and to examine at its forty-second session the reports of the Special Rapporteurs and relevant organizations and bodies, with a view to making appropriate recommendations to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session through the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1997." 145. At the 15th meeting, on 21 March, the representative of the Philippines orally revised the draft resolution. 146. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission resolution 41/5). Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women 147. At the 15th meeting, on 21 March, the Commission had before it a draft decision (E/CN.6/1997/L.16) entitled "Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women", submitted by the Chairperson. 148. At the same meeting, the Chairperson orally revised the draft decision as follows: (a) In subparagraph (a), the phrase "in order to deal with the increasing number of States parties’ reports submitted under article 18 of the Convention" was deleted at the end of the paragraph; (b) In subparagraph (b), the word "increased" between the word "provide" and "substantive support" was deleted; (c) Subparagraph (c), which read: "The Commission supports the increased efforts by the Division for the Advancement of Women to contribute actively to mainstreaming the human rights of women within the general human rights activities of the United Nations, and the increased cooperation between the Division and the Centre for Human Rights for that purpose, as shown in the joint programme of work presented for 1997, and underlines the importance of devoting a portion of the resources for technical assistance available to the Centre to mainstreaming women’s human rights, in cooperation with the Division", was replaced by the following text: "The Commission supports the increased efforts by the Division for the Advancement of Women to contribute actively to mainstreaming a gender perspective in all activities, programmes and policies of the United Nations and supports the increased cooperation between the Division, the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and United Nations bodies and agencies, including the Centre for Human Rights, as described in the joint work programme presented for 1997". 149. The Commission then adopted the draft decision, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, Commission decision 41/101). -61-

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