E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 Regional perspectives in progress achieved and remaining gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action 50. At its 10th meeting, on 4 March, the Commission held an expert panel discussion on the theme “Regional perspectives in progress achieved and remaining gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action”. 51. Presentations were made by the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Noeleen Heyzer; the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Bader al-Dafa; the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, Ján Kubiš; the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Lalla Ben Barka; and the Director of the Division for Gender Affairs, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Sonia Montaño. 52. The Commission held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the delegations of the following countries participated: Spain (on behalf of the States Member of the United Nations that are members of the European Union), Jordan, Indonesia, Cape Verde, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Denmark, Brazil, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Canada, Mauritania, Niger, Israel, Philippines, Burundi, Ecuador, Guatemala and South Africa. 53. The representatives of the following non-governmental organizations also participated in the dialogue: African Women’s Development and Communication Network; European Women’s Lobby; Centre for Democracy and Development; and Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance Foundations. 54. The moderator made a closing statement. 55. At its 20th meeting, on 12 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the discussions held by the panel (E/CN.6/2010/CRP.6). 92 Commemorating 30 years of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 56. At its 12th meeting, on 6 March, the Commission held an expert panel discussion on the theme “Commemorating 30 years of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women”. 57. Presentations were made by Dubravka Šimonoviç, Head of the Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Croatia, and member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; Sapana Pradhan-Malla, lawyer and President, Forum on Women, Law and Development, Nepal; and Andrew Byrnes, Professor of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia. 58. The Commission held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the delegations of the following countries participated: Belgium, Indonesia, Israel, Paraguay, Austria, Mexico, Spain (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union), Japan, Philippines, Switzerland, Cuba, Canada, Liechtenstein, Colombia, Uganda, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Cambodia, Solomon Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Congo, South Africa, Botswana, United Republic of Tanzania, Sweden (also on behalf of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway) and Thailand. __________________ 92 60 Available from www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing15/parallel.html. 10-30576