E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 12. At its 18th meeting, on 11 May, the Commission had before it draft agreed conclusions on agenda item 4 (a), submitted by the Chairperson on the basis of informal consultations (E/CN.6/2001/L.11). 13. At the same meeting, the Chairperson drew the attention of the Commission to an informal paper containing revisions to the text of the draft agreed conclusions. 14. The Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women made a statement. 15. Following a suspension of the meeting, the representative of Denmark, as facilitator for the negotiations held on the text, reported on the outcome of the consultations. 16. Statements were made by the representatives of Benin, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Netherlands and by the observer for the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 17. The representative of Denmark responded to questions raised. 18. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft agreed conclusions contained in document E/CN.6/2001/L.11, as revised, and requested their endorsement by the Economic and Social Council (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution IV, draft agreed conclusions, sect. A). B. Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance 19. At its 11th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission held a panel discussion and dialogue on gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (agenda item 4 (b)). 20. Presentations were made by the following experts: Françoise Gaspard, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and Senior Lecturer, École des hautes études en Sciences Sociales (Paris); Philomena Essed, Senior Researcher, Amsterdam Research Institute for Global Issues and Development Studies, University of Amsterdam; Mely G. Tan, Chairperson, Research Institute, Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta; and Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters Legal Advice Centre (London). 21. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panel of experts in which the following delegations participated: South Africa, Bolivia, Angola, Cuba, Israel, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden, Indonesia, France, Ecuador, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Norway, Kenya, Belgium, China, Russian Federation, Benin and Turkey. 22. The observers for the following non-governmental organizations also participated in the dialogue: a caucus of African women; and Workshop on Women and Human Rights. 23. The principal elements emerging from the panel discussion were summarized by the moderator of the panel discussion, Ibra Deguène Ka (Senegal), in document E/CN.6/2001/CRP.5. The text was approved by the Commission for inclusion as an annex to the present report (see annex II), and it was neither negotiated nor adopted by the Commission. 50