E/2002/27 E/CN.6/2002/13 (a) Decides, starting from its forty-seventh session, in 2003, to introduce the option of high-level round tables and to authorize the Bureau to decide, after consultation with all interested States through the regional groups, on the number, timing and theme of any such round tables; (b) Stresses the need for the outcome of the substantive consideration of thematic issues to be concise and action-oriented. Decision 46/102 Communications concerning the status of women The Commission on the Status of Women takes note of the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women and further notes the concerns expressed by some Governments in their responses. While acknowledging that the responses submitted by Governments to confidential communications indicated their commitment to the improvement of the status of women, the Commission recommends further public education campaigns and gender-awareness training for specific sectors, especially the police forces, directed at the elimination of stereotypical attitudes towards women and girls. It recommends training for law enforcement, security and military personnel and other government officials with respect to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 45 the Beijing Declaration 46 and Platform for Action,46 and the relevant recommendations of the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly on the five-year follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women 47 and other relevant human rights documents, as well as the Geneva Conventions. 48 Decision 46/103 Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda items 3 and 4 At its 16th meeting, on 25 March 2002, the Commission on the Status of Women took note of the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts;49 (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint work plan of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; 50 (c) Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system; 51 __________________ 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 22 General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-third Special Session, Supplement No. 1 (A/S-23/1), resolutions S-23/2, annex, and S-23/3, annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973. E/CN.6/2002/4. E/CN.6/2002/6. E/CN.6/2002/7.

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