DRAFT DECISION I Renewal of the mandate of the Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women* The Economic and Social Council decides: (a) To renew the mandate of the in-session Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, so that it may continue its work, taking into account the reports to be submitted under resolution 40/8 of the Commission on the Status of Women, pursuant to Council resolution 1995/29 of 24 July 1995; (b) To authorize, within existing United Nations resources, the Working Group to meet in parallel with the Commission at its forty-first session; (c) To invite a representative of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to attend this meeting as a resource person. DRAFT DECISION II Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fortieth session and provisional agenda and documentation for the forty-first session of the Commission** The Economic and Social Council takes note of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fortieth session and approves the provisional agenda and documentation for the forty-first session of the Commission set out below. 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women: (a) Review of mainstreaming in organizations of the United Nations system; Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the measures taken and the progress achieved in mainstreaming a gender perspective within the United Nations system (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men; * For the discussion, see chap. IV. ** See chap. V. -8-