E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 13. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the InterParliamentary Union, the International Organization for Migration, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the African Union. 14. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the World Bank, ILO, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the regional commissions of the United Nations. 15. At the 10th meeting, the observers for the following non-governmental organizations made statements: Asia Pacific Caucus; Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) for the African Women Caucus; North American NGO Caucus; and Middle East Women’s Caucus. 16. At the 13th meeting, on 9 March, a representative of the Secretariat, on behalf of the Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, presented an oral report on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system. Agenda item 3 (a) (i) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 17. At its 2nd meeting, on 26 February, the Commission held parallel high-level round tables on the theme “Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”. High-level round table A 18. The Commission held a high-level round table chaired by Carmen Gallardo (El Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission. 19. The delegations of the following countries participated: Argentina, Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mali, Norway, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Zambia. 20. The following invited guests made interventions: Saniye Corat (UNESCO), Dr. Marcus Stahlhofer (World Health Organization), Peter Donaldson (Population Council), Betty Makoni (Girl Child Network, Zimbabwe) and Chinyanta J. Chimba, a girl child representative. 21. A statement was also made by the representative of UNAIDS. High-level round table B 22. The Commission held a high-level round table chaired by Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom). 23. The delegations of the following countries participated: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, the Dominican 07-28248 35