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system-wide implementation of Economic and Social Council agreed conclusions
1997/2 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in
the United Nations system an assessment of the impact of the Commission’s input to
discussions within the United Nations system;
20. Welcomes the continuation of the biennial consideration by the
Commission of the proposed programme of work of the Office of the Special
Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the
Advancement of Women;
21. Decides that the Commission, at its fifty-third session, should review the
functioning of its revised methods of work, in the light of the outcome of the
discussions on strengthening of the Economic and Social Council, in order to ensure
the effective functioning of the Commission;
22. Also decides that, at its fifty-third session, the Commission will discuss
the possibility of conducting in 2010 a review and appraisal of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly;
B.
Themes for the period 2007-2009
23.
Further decides that:
(a) In 2007, the priority theme will be “The elimination of all forms of
discrimination and violence against the girl child”, and progress will be evaluated in
the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the forty-eighth session of the
Commission on “The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality”;
(b) In 2008, the priority theme will be “Financing for gender equality and the
empowerment of women”, and progress will be evaluated in the implementation of
the agreed conclusions from the forty-eighth session of the Commission on
“Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict
resolution and in post-conflict peacebuilding”;
(c) In 2009, the priority theme will be “The equal sharing of responsibilities
between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”, and
progress will be evaluated in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the
fiftieth session of the Commission on “The equal participation of women and men in
decision-making processes at all levels”.
C.
Draft decision for adoption by the Council
3.
The Commission on the Status of Women also recommends to the Economic
and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decision:
Draft decision
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