E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 46. At its 16th meeting, on 17 March, the Commission had before it a revised draft resolution (E/CN.6/2001/L.5/Rev.1), submitted by Argentina, Armenia,1 Australia,1 Austria,1 Azerbaijan, Belgium, 1 Brazil, Bulgaria,1 Canada,1 Chile, Croatia, Cyprus,1 the Czech Republic,1 Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 1 Estonia,1 Finland,1 France,1 Georgia,1 Germany, Greece,1 Guatemala,1 Hungary,1 Iceland,1 India, Ireland,1 Israel,1 Italy, Japan, Kenya,1 Liechtenstein,1 Lithuania, Luxembourg,1 Mali,1 Malta,1 Mexico, Mongolia, the Netherlands, New Zealand,1 Norway,1 Poland,1 Portugal,1 the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova,1 Romania,1 the Russian Federation, Slovenia,1 South Africa,1 Spain,1 Sweden,1 Switzerland,1 Thailand,1 Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay.1 47. The Commission was advised that the revised draft resolution contained no programme budget implications. 48. At the same meeting, the Commission approved the revised draft resolution, and recommended it to the Economic and Social Council for adoption (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II). 49. Before the draft re solution was adopted, statements were made by the representatives of Cuba, Pakistan and the United States of America; after it was adopted, the observer for Algeria made a statement. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system 50. At the 10th meeting, on 12 March, the observer for Canada 1 on behalf of Andorra,1 Argentina, Australia,1 Austria,1 Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Canada,1 Chile, Croatia, Cyprus,1 the Czech Republic,1 Fiji,1 Finland,1 Germany, Guatemala,1 Iceland,1 Ireland,1 Italy, Liechtenstein,1 Luxembourg,1 Mexico, Nauru,1 the Netherlands, New Zealand,1 Norway,1 Portugal,1 the Republic of Korea, Spain,1 Sweden,1 Switzerland,1 Thailand,1 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Vanuatu,1 introduced a draft resolution entitled “Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system” (E/CN.6/2001/L.6). Subsequently, Azerbaijan, Belarus,1 Brazil, Denmark, France,1 Greece,1 Hungary, 1 Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta,1 Mongolia, Namibia,1 Papua New Guinea,1 Romania,1 Rwanda, Samoa,1 Slovenia,1 Solomon Islands,1 South Africa,1 Turkey and Venezuela 1 joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read as follows: “The Commission on the Status of Women, “Affirming that gender mainstreaming constitutes a critical strategy in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session and for achieving the overall goal of gender equality, “Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/6 of 22 July 1996, in which the Council decided that the Commission on the Status of Women would have a catalytic role on mainstreaming a gender perspective in policies and programmes and would identify issues where United Nations system-wide coordination needed to be improved in order to assist the Council in its coordination, 43