E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 achieving gender equality and the advancement of women, taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education, health and work. 26. Presentations were made by the following panellists: Torild Skard (Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo), Ana Elisa Osorio (former Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), Bernadette Lahai (Member of Parliament and Gender Specialist, Sierra Leone), Evy Messell (Director, Bureau for Gender Equality, ILO) and Akanksha Marphatia (Senior Education Policy Analyst, Action Aid International, London). 27. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, South Africa, Turkey, Yemen and Zambia. 28. At its 14th meeting, on 10 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion (E/CN.6/2006/CRP.8).* 29. Also at the same meeting, Dicky Komar (Indonesia), Vice-Chairperson of the Commission, reported on the outcome of informal consultations held. 30. At its resumed 14th meeting, on 16 March, the Commission had before it the draft agreed conclusions submitted by the Chairperson of the Commission (E/CN.6/2006/L.10). 31. At the same meeting, following a statement by the observer for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Vice-Chairperson corrected the first paragraph of the text by deleting the word “Outcome” after the words “2005 World Summit”. The Commission then adopted the draft agreed conclusions on 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, as orally corrected (see chap. I, sect. D). Panel discussion on agenda item 3 (c) (ii) Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels 32. At its 5th meeting, on 28 February, the Commission held a panel discussion on equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels, moderated by Szilvia Szabo (Hungary), Vice-Chairperson of the Commission. 33. At the same meeting, presentations were made by Nesreen Barwari (Minister of Municipalities and Public Works, Iraq), Vida Kanopiene (Professor, Head of Department of Social Policy, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania), Françoise Gaspard (Expert, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)), Anders B. Johnsson (Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva) and Amy Mazur (Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington State University, United States of America). * http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw50/documents.htm. 39