E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, 14 and all other relevant rules, principles and instruments of international law, including the international human rights Covenants, in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families; Calls upon Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced 4. Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties, in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions; Calls upon the international community to continue to provide urgently 5. needed assistance, especially emergency assistance, and services in an effort to alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis being faced by Palestinian women and their families and to help in the reconstruction of relevant Palestinian institutions, with the integration of a gender perspective into all of its international assistance programmes; Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor 6. and take action with regard to the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,6 in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and children, the Beijing Platform for Action7 and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”;8 7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation, to assist Palestinian women by all available means, including those laid out in the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women,5 and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fifth session a report, including information provided by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. C. Draft decision for adoption by the Council 3. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decision: Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session and provisional agenda for the fifty-fifth session of the Commission* The Economic and Social Council takes note of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session 15 and approves the provisional agenda for the fifty-fifth session of the Commission set out below: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. V, paras. 132-133. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 15 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2010, Supplement No. 7 (E/2010/27). 14 10-30576 5