E/2004/27 E/CN.6/2004/14 Resolution 48/5 Preparations for the forty-ninth session of the Commission* The Commission on the Status of Women, Underlining the significance of its forty-ninth session, which will mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,49 the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women,50 and the thirtieth anniversary of the World Conference of the International Women’s Year, held in Mexico City from 19 June to 2 July 1975, Noting that the Commission will undertake, at its forty-ninth session, a review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, and consider current challenges and forward-looking strategies for the advancement and empowerment of women and girls, Building upon its agreed conclusions 1996/1,51 and taking into account Economic and Social Council resolution 2001/27 of 26 July 2001 and General Assembly resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, Considering the special nature of the task before the Commission at its fortyninth session, 1. Decides to focus on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly through the expanded use of interactive dialogue, with broadbased participation of governmental delegations at the highest level of responsibility and expertise and of civil society and organizations within the United Nations system, bearing in mind the need to integrate a gender perspective in the implementation and review of the United Nations Millennium Declaration;52 2. Also decides to emphasize the sharing of experiences and good practices on overcoming remaining challenges to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly; 3. Further decides to recommend to the Economic and Social Council that it recommend to the General Assembly the convening of a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to which the Commission on the Status of Women will transfer its general debate, during its forty-ninth session, on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly; __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 81-85. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. 50 Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A. 51 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement No. 6 (E/1996/26), chap. I, sect. C. 52 See General Assembly resolution 55/2. 49 26