Chapter IV MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN 1. The Commission considered agenda item 5 at the 7th and 10th meetings, on 20 and 24 March 1995. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/1995/8); (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a non-confidential list of communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/1995/CR.31); (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a confidential list of communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/1995/SW Communications List No. 29); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations bodies and institutions concerned with crime prevention (E/CN.6/1995/9); (e) Results of the fourteenth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/1995/CRP.1); (f) Note by the Secretary-General on steps to be taken by the Division for the Advancement of Women to ensure that relevant human rights mechanisms of the United Nations regularly address violations of the rights of women, including progress in preparing a joint work plan on women’s human rights for the Centre for Human Rights and the Division for the Advancement of Women (E/CN.6/1995/13). 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 thirteenth session (A/49/38); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/49/308); (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/49/349); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on violence against women migrant workers (A/49/354). 3. In introducing agenda item 5, the Deputy Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women said that the issues covered by that item had a strong relationship with the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women. The main focus of the item was the enjoyment by women of their human rights, including consideration of communications; and the follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights, including a possible optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and matters related to the issue of violence against women as well as Palestinian women. -51-