Chapter V CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, INCLUDING THE ELABORATION OF A DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION 1. The Commission considered item 5 of its agenda at the 13th meeting, on 13 March 1998. It had before it the report of the Secretary-General containing an annotated comparison of the draft optional protocol and the amendments proposed thereto with the provisions of existing international human rights instruments (E/CN.6/1998/7). ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION Report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 2. At the 13th meeting, on 13 March, the Chairperson of the Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Aloisia Woergetter (Austria), introduced and orally revised the report of the Working Group, as contained in documents E/CN.6/1998/WG/L.1-3. 3. The Commission also had before it an informal paper containing a summary by the Chairperson of the Working Group of views and comments made by delegations during the negotiations, which was subsequently circulated in document E/CN.6/1998/WG/L.4. 4. The representative of the United States of America raised a question, which was responded to by the Chairperson of the Working Group. 5. The Commission then adopted the draft report of the Working Group, as orally revised, and agreed to annex it to the report of the Commission (see annex II to the present report). Report of the Secretary-General containing an annotated comparison of the draft optional protocol and the amendments proposed thereto with the provisions of existing international human rights instruments 6. At the 13th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission took note of the report of the Secretary-General containing an annotated comparison of the draft optional protocol and the amendments proposed thereto with the provisions of existing international human rights instruments (E/CN.6/1998/7) (see chap. I, sect. D, Commission decision 42/101). -60-