VI. Provisional agenda for the forty-fourth session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 VII. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-third session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 VIII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 D. Agenda and organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 E. Consultations with non-governmental organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 I. Summaries of the panel discussions on the critical areas of concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 II. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 III. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 IV. List of documents before the Commission at its forty-third session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Annexes vii

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