E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Iceland, India, Jordan, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, the Niger, Pakistan, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Sudan, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey and Yemen. 24. The following invited guests made interventions: Evy Messell (ILO), Cheryl Morden (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Hourig Babikian (United Nations Children’s Fund NGO Committee), Siv Mjaaland (CARE International) and Vanessa Juárez Arévalo, a girl child representative. 25. A statement was also made by the Director of INSTRAW. 26. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission took note of the summary submitted by the chairpersons.* Panel discussions under agenda 3 (a) (i) Key policy initiatives to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 27. At its 3rd meeting, on 27 February, the Commission held a panel discussion chaired by Carmen Maria Gallardo (El Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission, on “Key policy initiatives to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”. 28. Presentations were made by Maria Lúcia Pinto Leal, Professor of Social Work at Brasilia University, Brazil; Michal Komem, Program Manager of Youth Programs at Ashalim of Israel; Radhika Coomaraswamy, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Angela Kocze, doctoral candidate in sociology and social anthropology at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary; and Judith Bruce, a senior associate at the Population Council, United States. 29. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, El Salvador, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). 30. The representatives of Plan International Zambia and the Fédération européenne de femmes actives au foyer (non-governmental organizations) also participated. 31. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion.* The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality 32. At its 9th meeting, on 2 March, the Commission held a panel discussion on “The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality”. * http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/51sess.htm. 36 07-28248