80. At the 15th meeting, on 22 March, the representative of the Philippines read out revisions to the draft resolution as a result of further informal consultations held by her as coordinator. 81. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation, Costa Rica (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), the Philippines and Bulgaria and the observer for Italy (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union). 82. The Commission then adopted draft resolution E/CN.6/1996/L.13, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II, and chap. I, sect. B, draft decision II). Comments on the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001 83. At the 15th meeting, on 22 March, the observer for Italy, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1996/L.15) entitled "Comments on the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001", which read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/46, in which the Council requested the formulation of a system-wide medium-term plan for women and development, and the resulting Plan, as endorsed by the Council in its resolution 1987/86, "Also recalling Council resolution 1988/59, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to initiate the formulation of a systemwide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, "Noting that the Commission had before it at its thirty-seventh session a draft system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001, and that in its resolution 1993/16, the Council adopted the proposal of the Commission on the Status of Women to invite the SecretaryGeneral to revise the draft plan after the Beijing Platform for Action and the second review and appraisal of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women had been formulated and adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, "Recognizing the role of the Council in overseeing system-wide coordination in the implementation of the Platform for Action, "Recalling that Governments have the primary responsibility for implementing the Platform for Action, "Further recalling that the Platform for Action needs to be implemented through the work of all of the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system as an integral part of system-wide programming, "Recognizing that the Platform for Action calls upon the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to strengthen -77-