E/2008/27 E/CN.6/2008/11 of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Association V (Southwest Pacific). 52. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Kiribati, Mauritius, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Niger, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland and Zambia. 53. The representative of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources participated in the dialogue. 54. The representative of Zenab for Women in Development, a non-governmental organization, also participated in the dialogue. 55. At its 16th meeting, on 7 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion.1 Panel discussion on agenda item 3 (c) Capacity-building on mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes for financing gender equality and the empowerment of women 56. At its 5th meeting, on 26 February, the Commission held a panel discussion on “Capacity-building on mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes for financing gender equality and the empowerment of women”. 57. Presentations were made by Marème Cissé Thiam, Director of Female Entrepreneurship, Ministry of the Family, Female Entrepreneurship and Microfinance, Senegal; Olga Filippova, Social and Gender Policy Expert, Department of Social and Economic Policy, Office of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic; Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director (programme), UNFPA; Julia Benn, Manager of the Statistical Policy, Analysis and Outreach Section, Development Cooperation Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and Shireen Lateef, Director of Social Sectors, South-East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank. 58. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Burundi, Canada, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, the Niger, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union), Togo and Zambia. 59. Representatives of the following non-governmental organizations also participated in the dialogue: “Project Five-O”; Fédération européenne des femmes actives au foyer; and Human Rights Advocates, Inc. 60. At its 16th meeting, on 7 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion.1 08-29062 37