E/2014/27 E/CN.6/2014/15 Chapter VII Organization of the session A. Opening and duration of the session 118. The Commission on the Status of Women held its fifty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters on 15 March 2013 and from 10 to 21 March 2014. The Commission held 17 meetings (1st to 17th). 119. The session was opened on 10 March 2014 by the Vice-Chair, Neli Shiolashvili (Georgia). At the same meeting, the Commission elected the Chair, Libran Cabactulan (Philippines), who made a statement. 120. Also at the same meeting, on 10 March, the Secretary-General of the United Nations addressed the Commission. 121. At the same meeting, introductory statements were made by the UnderSecretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. 122. At its 5th meeting, on 11 March, statements were made by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences and the Chair of the Non-Governmental Organization Committee on the Status of Women. 123. At its 6th meeting, on 12 March, the President of the Economic and Social Council (Austria) addressed the Commission. B. Attendance 124. The session was attended by representatives of 45 States members of the Commission. Observers for other States Members of the United Nations and for non-member States, representatives of organizations of the United Nations system and observers for intergovernmental, non-governmental and other organizations also attended. The list of participants is contained in document E/CN.6/2014/INF/1. C. Election of officers 125. In accordance with paragraph 2 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/21, the officers are elected to the Bureau of the Commission for a term of office of two years. The following officers were elected at the 1st and 2nd meetings of the fifty-eighth session, on 15 March 2013 and 10 March 2014, to serve on the Bureau of the Commission at its fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth sessions. Chair: Libran Cabactulan (Philippines), for the fifty-eighth session (2014) only Vice-Chairs: Carlos Enríquez García González (El Salvador) Neli Shiolashvili (Georgia), for the fifty-eighth session (2014) only Christine Löw (Switzerland) 14-02869 93/95