E/2002/27 E/CN.6/2002/13 Annex III Statements by members of the Commission on the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women 1. At its 15th (closed) meeting, on 25 March, during the course of its deliberations on the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women, the Commission, by a vote of 25 to 10, with 1 abstention, upheld a ruling by the Chairperson regarding action to be taken. 2. Statements made by some members of the Commission are therefore reproduced below, at the request of those delegations. Statement in explanation of vote by Ambassador Zhang Yishan of the Chinese delegation regarding the motion by Malaysia I deeply regret the vote that has just taken place. With the expenditure of a little more effort and negotiation, we could have obtained a better result than a vote. The Chinese delegation supports the motion put forward by the representative of Malaysia and harbours serious reservations concerning the Chairman’s package proposal. The Chinese delegation has carefully read the report of the Working Group on Communications to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-sixth session. In our view, this report does not objectively reflect the cooperative attitude of and detailed responses to communications provided by the Government of the country concerned; moreover, it summarizes random occurrences as general trends. This approach is bound to have a negative influence on the work of this Commission. We hope that this problem can be resolved in the course of the Commission’s future work. During the forty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Chinese delegation has actively and conscientiously participated in the consideration of the report and has made specific proposals for its amendment. It is regrettable that these suggestions have not been accepted. The vote I just cast is meant to imply three things: 1. Support for the proposal by the representative of Malaysia; 2. Disapproval of the Chairman’s package proposal; 3. Opposition Communications. to the report of the Working Group on I should like to request that my statement be included in the report of the Commission on the Status of Women. 61