1996/48,44 and, in particular and in view of the critical areas of concern to be discussed by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-second session, to ensure that the reports of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences are brought to the attention of the Commission to assist it in its work in the area of violence against women; 15. Stresses the need to increase cooperation and further integration of objectives and goals between the Commission on the Status of Women, other functional commissions and United Nations bodies in view of the twelve critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action; 16. Urges future development of inter-agency and inter-secretariat linkages in, inter alia, mainstreaming a gender perspective, such as the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality and the joint work plan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Centre for Human Rights and the need for this plan to be considered fully by the Commission on Human Rights; 17. Also stresses the need for steps to be taken to integrate a gender perspective into human rights activities and programmes, bearing in mind the guidelines contained in the report of the expert group meeting on this issue,45 including reporting under international human rights instruments and mechanisms; 18. Draws attention to the need to give due consideration to the human rights of women and the girl child in the preparations for the five-year review of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action46 and the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,26 and in order to do so, requests that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, other relevant rapporteurs and working groups, as appropriate, and treaty body experts be invited to participate in the discussion at the forty-second session of the Commission of the Status of Women on the critical areas of concern "Human rights of women" and "The girl child"; 19. Welcomes the note by the Secretary-General on agreed conclusions 1996/1 adopted by the Economic and Social Council on coordination of United Nations system activities for poverty eradication,47 in particular, its emphasis on mainstreaming a gender perspective in all United Nations activities for poverty eradication, at all levels; 20. Encourages the Economic and Social Council at its coordination segment to evaluate the steps taken by the United Nations system to implement the recommendations in its agreed conclusions 1996/1 on mainstreaming a gender perspective in United Nations activities for poverty eradication, including the use of data disaggregated by sex, review of statistical indicators, genderimpact analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and gender-sensitive training, and to present recommendations on further steps to ensure a common United Nations system-wide approach to mainstreaming a gender perspective in all United Nations 44 Ibid., Supplement No. 3 (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A. 45 E/CN.4/1996/105, annex. 46 Report of the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 14-25 June 1993 (A/CONF.157/24 (Part I)), chap. III. 47 E/CN.6/1997/6. -31-