CONTENTS Chapter I. Page MATTERS CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OR BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION ......................................... 1 A. Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council ................ 1 I. Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat .... 1 II. Palestinian women ........................................ 4 III. Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ............................. 5 Draft decision for adoption by the Council ................... 8 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its thirtyninth session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fortieth session of the Commission ........................... 8 Matters brought to the attention of the Council .............. 10 B. C. Resolution 39/1. Provisional agenda and proposed organization of work for the Fourth World Conference on Women ...................................... 10 Release of women and children who have been taken hostage in armed conflicts and imprisoned ................................. 13 Integration of women in the Middle East peace process .............................. 13 Rape and abuse of women in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia .... 15 Resolution 39/5. Mainstreaming the human rights of women .... 18 Resolution 39/6. Traffic in women and girls ................. 21 Resolution 39/7. Violence against women migrant workers ..... 24 Resolution 39/8. Integration of displaced rural women into development processes ...................... 27 Resolution 39/9. Women in agriculture and rural development . 29 Decision 39/1. Participation of intergovernmental organizations and other entities in the work of the Commission and in the Fourth World Conference on Women .................. 32 Accreditation of non-governmental organizations in accordance with General Assembly resolution 48/108 ................. 32 Resolution 39/2. Resolution 39/3. Resolution 39/4. Decision 39/2. -vii-