E/2002/27 E/CN.6/2002/13 (d) That, in this context, the provisions of General Assembly resolution 1798 (XVII) of 11 December 1962 will apply only to the substantive part of the sessions of the Commission. Draft decision II The Commission on the Status of Women, recalling its decision 45/103 of 16 March 2001 on the communications procedure of the Commission and ways and means to make it more effective and efficient, and having considered the reports of the Secretary-General, 32 and the different views expressed by Members States and Observers of the Commission on the Status of Women, recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decision: Communications concerning the status of women: communications procedure The Economic and Social Council, Reaffirming the mandate of the Commission on the Status of Women as set out in its resolutions 76 (V) of 5 August 1947, 304 I (XI) of 14 and 17 July 1950, 1983/27 of 26 May 1983, 1992/19 of 30 July 1992 and 1993/11 of 27 July 1993, Decides, in order to make the communications procedure of the Commission on the Status of Women more effective and efficient: (a) That the Commission, starting from its forty-seventh session, should appoint, at each session, the members of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women for the next session so that the members can meet to enable the Secretariat to issue their report three working days before the adoption of the agenda by the Commission; (b) To request the Secretary-General (i) to inform Governments about each communication pertaining to them that will be considered by the Commission and give them at least twelve weeks before the consideration of such communications by the Working Group on communications, and (ii) to ensure that the members of the Working Group receive in advance the lists of communications, including replies from Governments, if any, to be taken into account in preparing its report for examination by the Commission; (c) To request the Secretary-General to further publicize the communications procedure of the Commission. Draft decision III Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-sixth session and the provisional agenda for the forty-seventh session of the Commission The Economic and Social Council takes note of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-sixth session and approves the provisional agenda for the forty-seventh session of the Commission set out below. __________________ 32 E/CN.6/2001/12 and E/CN.6/2002/12. 17