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. The situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 III. Proposals for a multi-year programme of work for the Commission on the Status of Women for 2002-2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women on thematic issues 8 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Resolution 45/1. Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Resolution 45/2. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Resolution 45/3. Proposed System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of Women, 2002-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Decision 45/101. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . 28 Decision 45/102. Enhancing the effectiveness of the working methods of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Decision 45/103. Report of t he Secretary-General assessing the implications of reforms of mechanisms in the human rights area (1503 procedure) for communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Decision 45/104. Resumed session of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . 28 Decision 45/105. Proposed programme of work of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the Advancement of Women for the biennium 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Decision 45/106. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Thematic issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 IV. B. II. III. A. Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 iii