E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 legislation with a view to striving to remove discriminatory provisions as soon as possible, preferably by 2005,26 Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the advisability of the appointment of a special rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women,27 1. Invites the Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other relevant treaty bodies his report27 with a view to eliciting their views on ways and means that could best complement the work of the existing mechanisms and enhance the Commission’s capacity with respect to discriminatory laws, and also invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide its views thereon; 2. Invites Member States and observers to submit to the Secretary-General their further views on his report; 3. Decides, on the basis of the report of the Secretary-General and the requested views thereon, to consider at its fifty-first session the advisability of the appointment of a special rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women, bearing in mind the existing mechanisms with a view to avoiding duplication. Decision 50/101 Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3* At its resumed 14th meeting, on 10 March 2006, the Commission on the Status of Women took note of the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on measures taken and progress achieved in the follow-up to and implementation of the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly: review of progress made in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes;28 (b) Report of the Secretary-General on release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts; 29 (c) Report of the Secretary-General on economic advancement for women;30 (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint workplan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights;31 (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the elimination of violence against women;32 __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, para. 1. Ibid., para. 68 (b). 27 E/CN.6/2006/8. 28 E/CN.6/2006/2. 29 E/CN.6/2006/6. 30 E/CN.6/2006/7. 31 E/CN.4/2006/59-E/CN.6/2006/9. 32 E/CN.6/2006/10-E/CN.4/2006/60. 26 21