E/2014/27 E/CN.6/2014/15 Chapter III Communications concerning the status of women 108. The Commission considered item 4 of its agenda at its 14th (closed) meeting, on 19 March. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (see para. 110 below); 53 (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the list of confidential communications and replies by Governments concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2014/SW/COMM.LIST/48/R and Add.1). Action taken by the Commission Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women 109. At its 14th meeting (closed), on 19 March, the Commission considered the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women. 110. At the same meeting (closed), the Commission decided to take note of the report of the Working Group and to incorporate it in the report of the Commission on its fifty-eighth session. The report of the Working Group read as follows: 1. The Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women met in closed meetings before the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2002/235 and was guided in its deliberations by the mandate given to it by the Council in its resolution 76 (V), as amended by the Council in its resolutions 304 I (XI), 1983/27, 1992/19, 1993/11 and 2009/16. 2. The Working Group considered the list of confidential communications and replies by Governments (E/CN.6/2014/SW/COMM.LIST/48/R and Add.1). There was no list of non-confidential communications concerning the status of women, since no such communications had been received by the SecretaryGeneral. 3. The Working Group considered the 67 confidential communications, comprising 73 cases addressed to 49 States, received directly by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). The Working Group noted that no confidential communications concerning the status of women had been received from other United Nations bodies or the specialized agencies. 4. The Working 18 Governments. Group noted that there were 33 replies from 5. The Working Group recalled its mandate as defined in paragraph 4 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/27, which stated that the Working Group should perform the following functions: (a) Consideration of all communications, including the replies of Governments thereon, if any, with a view to bringing to the attention of the Commission those communications, including the replies of Governments, __________________ 53 86/95 The report was circulated internally under document symbol E/CN.6/2014/CRP.2. 14-02869