E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 Chapter V Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions 1. The Commission considered agenda item 5 at its 9th and 13th meetings, on 7 and 13 March 2003. It had before it a letter dated 31 October 2002 from the President of the Economic and Social Council addressed to the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2003/9), the report of the SecretaryGeneral on follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (E/CN.6/2003/10) and a note by the Secretariat on promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for eradication of poverty and sustainable development (E/CN.6/2003/CRP.4). 2. At the 9th meeting, on 7 March, an introductory statement was made by the Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women. 3. At the same meeting, a statement was made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Action taken by the Commission 4. At its 13th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission authorized the Chairperson to draw the attention of the President of the Economic and Social Council to the note by the Secretariat on promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for eradication of poverty and sustainable development (E/CN.6/2003/CRP.4) for the information of the Council’s high-level segment of 2003. 42