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internationally agreed development goals, including Millennium Development
Goals”.
High-level round table A
18. The Commission held a high-level round table chaired by Carmen Gallardo (El
Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission.
19. The delegations of the following countries participated: Angola, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, El
Salvador, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, the Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, the United
Republic of Tanzania, Yemen and Zambia.
20. The following invited experts made presentations: Bharati Silawal (United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)), Caroline Osero-ageng’o (Equality
Now, Kenya), Shanthi Dairiam (International Women’s Rights Action Watch,
Malaysia) and Meagen Baldwin (Network Women in Development Europe,
Belgium).
High-level round table B
21. The Commission held a high-level round table chaired by Szilvia Szabo
(Hungary), Vice-Chairperson of the Commission.
22. The delegations of the following countries participated: Barbados, Botswana,
Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hungary, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Viet Nam.
23. The following invited experts made presentations: Aminata Touré (United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)), Arthur Erken (United Nations Development
Group (UNDG)), Tone Bleie (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP)), Monique Essed (Women’s Environment and Development
Organization) and Anastasia Posadskaya-Vanderbeck (Open Society Institute).
24. At its 13th meeting, on 10 March, the Commission took note of the summary
submitted by the Chairpersons (E/CN.6/2006/CRP.7).*
Panel discussions on agenda item 3 (c) (i)
Enhanced participation of women in development: an enabling
environment for achieving gender equality and the advancement
of women, taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education,
health and work
25. At its 4th meeting, on 28 February, the Commission held a panel discussion
chaired by Szilvia Szabo (Hungary), Vice-Chairperson of the Commission, on
enhanced participation of women in development: an enabling environment for
* http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw50/documents.htm.
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