Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . A. 1 Agreed conclusions on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Draft resolution for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Draft decision for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-first session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fifty-second session of the Commission . 17 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Resolution 51/1. Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Resolution 51/2. Ending female genital mutilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Resolution 51/3. Forced marriage of the girl child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Decision 51/101. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 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” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 III. Communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 IV. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 V. Provisional agenda for the fifty-second session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 VI. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-first session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 VII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 D. Agenda and organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 E. Appointment of the members of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 B. C. D. II. F. iii