[30 March 2009] Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . A. B. C. 1 Agreed conclusions on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gender perspectives on global public health: implementing the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 I. Future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 III. Future organization and methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 IV. Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Draft decision for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-third session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission . . . 20 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Resolution 53/1. Preparations for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Resolution 53/2. Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Decision 53/101. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women . . 29 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 III. Communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 IV. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 V. Provisional agenda for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 VI. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-third session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 VII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 II. D. E. II. iii