E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 8. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (on behalf of the five regional commissions). 9. The observer for the Council of Europe made a statement. 10. Statements were also made by the observers for the following nongovernmental organizations: International Federation of University Women (as Chairperson of the Geneva NGO Committee on the Status of Women), International Council of Women, International Projects Assistance Service. 11. At the 3rd meeting, on 7 March, statements were made by the repres entatives of Azerbaijan, Egypt, the Republic of Korea, Argentina, China, Brazil, Malaysia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania, and the observers for Norway, Israel, Guatemala, Namibia, Zambia, Ghana and Kenya. 12. The observer for Palestine also made a statement. 13. At the same meeting, the representative of the Programme Coordination Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome made a statement. 14. Statements were also made by the representatives of the World Bank and the International Labour Organization. 15. The observer for the International Organization for Migration also made a statement. 16. At the 5th meeting, on 8 March, statements were made by the representatives of Mexico, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, and the observers for Australia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Vanuatu (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group), Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Thailand, Iraq, South Africa, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali and Botswana. 17. The Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women also made a statement. 18. At the same meeting, the Director for the Advancement of Women of the International Research and Training Institute made a statement. 19. The representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also made a statement. 20. At the 9th meeting, on 12 March, statements were made by the representatives of Burundi and Guinea, and the observer for the Syrian Arab Republic. 21. Statements were also made by the representatives of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Development Programme. 22. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the following non-governmental organizations: an African caucus of non-governmental organizations, Empowering Widows, a youth caucus of non-governmental organizations, Association of Interbalkan Women’s Cooperative Societies and American Association of Retired Persons. 32