B. Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 IV. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 V. Communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 VI. Provisional agenda for the forty-sixth session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 VII. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-fifth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 VIII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 D. Agenda and organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 E. Appointment of the members of a working group on communications on the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Consultations with non-governmental organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Summary submitted by the Moderator of the panel discussion on women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (Ellen Margrethe Loej) (agenda item 4 (a)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Summary submitted by the Moderator of the panel discussion on gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (Ibra Deguène Ka) (agenda item 4 (b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Summary of comments by some Member States on the 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Comments by some Member States of the Commission on the Status of Women on the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 2002-2005 . . . . . . 68 V. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 VI. List of documents before the Commission at its forty-fifth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 F. Annexes I. II. III. IV. iv