E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women 10. At its 12th meeting (closed), on 12 March, the Commission considered the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (E/CN6/2003/CRP.6). 11. At the 14th meeting, on 14 March, the Commission took note of the report of the Working Group, and agreed to include it in the report of the Commission. The report of the Working Group is as follows: 1. The Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women was guided in its deliberations by the mandate given to it by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 76 (V), as amended by the Council in its resolutions 304 I(XI), 1983/27 and 1992/19. 2. The Working Group considered the list of confidential communications and replies by Governments (E/CN.6/2003/SW/COMM.LIST/37 and Add.1). There was no list of non-confidential communications concerning the status of women since no such communications had been received by the SecretaryGeneral. 3. The Working Group considered the seven confidential communications received directly by the Division for the Advancement of Women and the 15 confidential communications received by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning the status of women. It also took note of the fact that no confidential communications concerning the status of women had been received from other United Nations bodies or the specialized agencies. 4. The Working Group noted that there were replies from Governments to three of the seven communications received by the Division for the Advancement of Women directly and replies to 14 of the 15 communications transmitted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 5. The Working Group recalls its mandate as defined in paragraph 4 of resolution 1983/27, which states that the Working Group is to meet in closed meetings during each session of the Commission in order that it may perform the following functions: (a) Consideration of all communications, including the replies of Governments thereon, if any, with a view to bringing to the attention of the Commission those communications, including the replies of Governments, which appear to reveal a consistent pattern of reliably attested injustice and discriminatory practices against women; (b) Preparation of a report, based on its analysis of the confidential and non-confidential communications, which will indicate the categories in which communications are most frequently submitted to the Commission. 6. Due to the limited number of communications received (22), it was not possible to make an assessment concerning the existence of a consistent pattern of reliably attested injustice and discriminatory practices against women. However, the Working Group discerned the following categories in which communications were most frequently submitted to the Commission: 40