E/1999/27 E/CN.6/1999/10 Chapter III Initiation of the comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action and preparation for the special session of the General Assembly in the year 2000 1. The Commission held a general discussion of agenda item 4, together with agenda item 3 (b), at its 1st to 4th meetings, from 1 to 3 March 1999. It had before it a letter dated 25 February 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations transmitting the report of the European Conference on Follow-up to the Beijing Platform for Action (E/CN.6/1999/9) (for the discussion, see chap. II). 2. Action taken by the Commission under agenda item 4 is detailed in the report of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” on its second session (E/1999/60). 40