E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 Chapter III Communications concerning the status of women 1. The Commission considered item 4 of its agenda at its 12th meeting (closed), on 11 March 2007. It had before it the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the confidential list of communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2007/SW/Communications List No. 41 and Addendum) and the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2007/CRP.5). Action taken by the Commission Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women 2. At its 12th meeting (closed), on 11 March, the Commission considered the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2007/CRP.5). 3. At the same meeting, the Commission took note of the report of the Working Group and agreed to include it in the report of the Commission. The report of the Working Group is as follows: 1. The Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women met in closed meetings before the fifty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women in accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2002/235 and was guided in its deliberations by the mandate given to it by the Council in its resolution 76 (V), as amended by the Council in its resolutions 304 I (XI), 1983/27 and 1992/19. 2. The Working Group considered the list of confidential communications and replies by Governments (E/CN.6/2007/SW/COMM.LIST/R.41 and Add.1). There was no list of non-confidential communications concerning the status of women since no such communications had been received by the SecretaryGeneral. 3. The Working Group considered the 15 confidential communications received directly by the Division for the Advancement of Women and the 3 confidential communications received by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the status of women. The Working Group noted that no confidential communications concerning the status of women had been received from other United Nations bodies or specialized agencies. 4. The Working Group noted that there were replies from Governments to 8 of the 15 communications received by the Division for the Advancement of Women, including a note stating that a full reply was pending, and replies to all of the communications transmitted by OHCHR. The Working Group also noted that one Government had sent a reply to a communication on the previous year’s list of confidential communications and replies by Governments (E/CN.6/2006/SW/COMM.LIST/R.40 and Add.1). 07-28248 49