representative drew attention to the fact that drug abuse among men was a further potential source of violence against women and that women could be exposed to abuse by drug addicts both in their homes and in society. Another representative stressed the importance of developing strategies for creating awareness about the bad effects of drugs in order to prevent abuse, as well as of designing comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation programmes. Activities related to preparations for the World Conference on Human Rights 15. The contribution of the Commission to the World Conference on Human Rights was considered to be of particular significance in order that women’s rights, as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights, were addressed in depth on the global agenda. Several representatives urged that the full realization of all human rights of women should be reflected in all agenda items both at the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference on Human Rights and at the Conference itself, as well as in any final document that might emerge from the Conference. 16. Some representatives referred to suggestion 4 made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its twelfth session to the World Conference on Human Rights as a good basis for the work of the Commission. Several representatives stressed that the World Conference should examine the question of the compatibility of the reservations made to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with those made to other human rights treaties. Some representatives underlined the importance of achieving an improved balance of men and women serving on human rights treaty bodies and stressed that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women should have a standing equal to that of other human rights instruments. 17. Several representatives observed that the adoption of the draft declaration on violence against women would be a major contribution to the World Conference on Human Rights. Some representatives emphasized the need for a better definition of international human rights; the Conference should be asked to highlight the rights of women as part of the mainstream fundamental human rights guaranteed under the Charter of the United Nations. The importance of focusing on women’s issues in the whole field of human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural - was noted; some representatives described it as calling for a qualitative change with regard to human rights philosophy and as a new approach that would need to be fully applied by the World Conference. 18. Many representatives expressed the wish that the World Conference would develop more responsive and effective enforcement mechanisms, especially in addressing violations of women’s rights, particularly violence against women. Among other specific violations of women’s rights were mentioned violence against migrant workers and violation of women’s labour rights as well as of women’s equal participation in and de facto enjoyment of the benefits of development and economic life. Some representatives urged that the opportunity created by the World Conference should be used to establish the relationship between universal human rights, democracy and development. 19. Several representatives urged that all human rights bodies should pay due attention to gender aspects in implementing human rights, with a view to integrating the human rights of women into the mainstream of the system for monitoring human rights. Many representatives expressed the need for cooperation and coordination between all the bodies concerned within the United Nations system in order to strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of women. A few representatives referred to resolution 1993/46 of the Commission on Human Rights on integrating the rights of women into the human -60-