E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro), Jamaica (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), Jordan (also on behalf of the Consultative Committee for UNIFEM), the Gambia, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Tonga, Uzbekistan, Panama, Mali, South Africa, Sweden, France, Austria, Israel, Morocco, Ireland, Honduras, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, and the United Republic of Tanzania. 5. At its 4th meeting, on 1 March, statements were made by the representatives of Iceland, Cyprus, Brazil, Cape Verde, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Andorra, Italy, Peru, New Zealand, Suriname, Burkina Faso, Finland, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bahrain, Ghana, Nigeria, Malaysia, Eritrea, Antigua and Barbuda, the Palestinian National Authority, the Netherlands and Tunisia. 6. At its 5th meeting on 2 March, statements were made by the representatives of Canada, the Bahamas, Senegal, Mexico, Algeria, Egypt, Barbados, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Chile, Guinea, Zambia, Madagascar, also on behalf of the African Group, Bangladesh, Turkey, Costa Rica, Haiti, Afghanistan, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 7. At its 6th meeting, on 2 March, statements were made by the representatives of Namibia, Uganda, India, Australia, the Congo, Qatar, Bolivia, Japan, China, Mauritania, Pakistan, Viet Nam, United Arab Emirates, Lesotho, Germany, Lithuania, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Guatemala, the United States of America, Portugal, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Syrian Arab Republic, Kazakhstan, Argentina, on behalf of the Rio Group, and Belgium. 8. At the 9th meeting, on 4 March, the Commission met in observance of International Women’s Day. The Chairperson made a statement. 9. The 9th meeting in observance of International Women’s Day was moderated by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. 10. At the 9th meeting, the Commission heard a message from Helvi Sipila, Secretary-General, World Conference of the International Women’s Year (1975). 11. Also at the 9th meeting, statements were made by Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Glenda Simms, Executive Director, Office of the Prime Minister, Bureau of Women’s Affairs of Jamaica (on behalf of Lucille Mair, Secretary-General, Second World Conference on Women (1980)); Bani Dugal, Chairperson, NGO Committee on the Status of Women; Leticia Shahani, SecretaryGeneral, World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (1985); Gertrude Mongella, Secretary-General, Fourth World Conference on Women (1995); Angela E. V. King, former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; and Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. 12. At its 11th meeting, on 7 March, statements were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Cuba, Malawi, Nepal, Burundi, the Niger, Fiji, Gabon, Angola, Timor-Leste, Mongolia, the Philippines, Samoa, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Yemen, Rwanda, Togo, Mauritius and the Republic of Korea. 33