E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 Executive Director UNIFEM and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination of Women. 4. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Brazil, China and the Republic of Korea and by the observers for Morocco (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China), Greece (on behalf of the European Union and the associated countries of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey and Iceland) and Namibia. 5. At the 5th meeting, on 5 March, statements were made by the representatives of Pakistan, Lithuania, Croatia, Germany, Malaysia, Gabon, Guatemala, Senegal, Mexico, the United States of America, Japan, Peru, Argentina, South Africa, Denmark, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan, and by the observers for Sweden, Australia, Norway, Israel, Kenya and Canada. 6. At the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO), a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. 7. At the 6th meeting, on 5 March, the Commission heard an address by the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights. 8. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Cuba, Botswana (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community), the United Republic of Tanzania, Indonesia, Turkey and Egypt, and by the observers for Nigeria, Morocco, Guyana, Iceland, New Zealand, Thailand, Mali and the Philippines. 9. The observer for Palestine also made a statement. 10. Statements were made by the representatives of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) and the Economic Commission for Africa (on behalf of the regional commissions). 11. Statements were also made by the representatives of the International Organization for Migration and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 12. The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences also made a statement. 13. Statements were also made by the representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the World Bank. 14. The representative of the Coalition against Trafficking in Women, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, made a statement. 15. At the 7th meeting, on 6 March, the Commission heard statements by the representatives of Chile, the Netherlands (on behalf of the Consultative Committee on UNIFEM), Burundi, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Malawi, Italy, Benin and Botswana, and by the observers for Fiji (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum), Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Congo, Kyrgyzstan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Afghanistan and Iraq. 23