E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 Chapter II Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” 5. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 3rd to 14th and 16th to 20th meetings, from 1 to 8 and 10 to 12 March 2010. It held a general debate at its 3rd, 5th to 8th, 11th, 13th and 16th meetings. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twentythird special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (E/CN.6/2010/2); (b) Note by the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women containing a discussion guide for the high-level round table on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twentythird special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (E/CN.6/2010/3); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2010/4); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts (E/CN.6/2010/5); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation (E/CN.6/2010/6); (f) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint workplan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/13/70-E/CN.6/2010/7); (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the activities of the Fund to eliminate violence against women (A/HRC/13/71-E/CN.6/2010/8); (h) Letter dated 23 February 2010 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (E/CN.6/2010/10); (i) Note by the Secretary-General on the proposed strategic framework for the period 2012-2013: subprogramme 2, Gender issues and advancement of women, of programme 7, Economic and social affairs (E/CN.6/2010/CRP.1); (j) Note by the Secretariat transmitting the results of the forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/2010/CRP.2); (k) Note by the Secretariat containing the outcomes of regional reviews (E/CN.6/2010/CRP.3); 54 10-30576