Women in power and decision-making (Platform for Action, chap. IV.G) Women and the environment (Platform for Action, chap. IV.K) 1998 Violence against women (Platform for Action, chap. IV.D) Women and armed conflict (Platform for Action, chap. IV.E) Human rights of women (Platform for Action, chap. IV.I) The girl child (Platform for Action, chap. IV.L) 1999 Women and health (Platform for Action, chap. IV.C) Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women (Platform for Action, chap. IV.H) Initiation of the comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action 2000 Comprehensive quinquennial review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action Emerging issues V Regional dimension Recalling the important role played by regional preparatory conferences in the preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women and that plans and programmes of action were adopted that served as essential inputs to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1. Recommends that the regional follow-up and monitoring of the regional platforms and programmes of action should be utilized as inputs for the review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action; 2. Recommends further that the Council should consider how best to integrate the inputs of regional commissions into the overall monitoring and follow-up to the Platform for Action. B. Draft decisions 2. The Commission on the Status of Women recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions: -7-