· The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Division for the Advancement of Women should continue to prepare the joint annual work plan and strengthen cooperation and coordination in human rights activities, in particular: (a) By collaborating in the writing of reports for the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Human Rights, the first initiative of this type36 being welcomed; (b) Through sharing information systematically on on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, its documentation, in order to ensure that its work will be integrated into the work of the other treaty bodies and human rights activities; the Committee sessions and better United Nations (c) Through capacity-building to implement agreed conclusions 1997/2 of the Economic and Social Council37 on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, in particular training and gender-sensitization especially of human rights monitors; · Take further steps to increase cooperation and promote integration of objectives and goals among the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Human Rights and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, as well as the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund and other United Nations funds and programmes; · Cooperation, communication and exchange of expertise should be enhanced between the Commission on the Status of Women and other functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council, including the Commission on Human Rights, in order to more effectively promote women’s human rights; · The treaty bodies within their mandates should continue to promote a better understanding of the rights contained in international human rights instruments and their particular significance to women; · Given the importance of general comments in clarifying the provisions of human rights treaties, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is invited to draw up joint general comments with other treaty bodies, within their respective mandates, on the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of human rights and should discuss these and other collaborative activities at the annual chairpersons meeting; · The treaty bodies should continue to develop working methods that facilitate communications between non-governmental organizations, treaty bodies and the States parties; 36 E/CN.4/1998/22-E/CN.6/1998/11. 37 See A/52/3, chap. IV, sect. A, para. 4. -25-