E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15 Co-Director, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa; and Naomi Cassirer, Senior Technical Specialist, Conditions of Work and Employment Programme, ILO. 51. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Belgium, Canada, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic (on behalf of the European Union), Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Tunisia, Turkey, United States and Zambia. 52. A representative of UNIFEM participated in the dialogue. 53. The representatives of the following non-governmental organizations also participated in the dialogue: International Federation of Women Lawyers; and Youth Organizations Caucus Coordinated by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. 54. At its 16th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion (E/CN.6/2009/CRP.6).1 Action taken by the Commission Agreed conclusions on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS 55. At the 17th meeting, on 13 March, the Vice-Chairperson of the Commission, Ara Margarian (Armenia), reported on the outcome of the informal consultations on the agreed conclusions on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS, the text of which was circulated in English only. 56. At the same meeting, the Vice-Chairperson orally revised the text of the draft agreed conclusions. 57. At the same meeting, statements were made by the Secretary and the Chairperson of the Commission. 58. Also, at the 17th meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Cuba and the Islamic Republic of Iran, after which a statement was made by the Chairperson of the Commission. 59. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Qatar, Turkey, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, India, Malaysia, China, the Russian Federation, Brazil, Japan and the Dominican Republic, and the observers for Egypt (on behalf of the Group of African States), the Czech Republic (on behalf of the European Union), Argentina, Canada (also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand), Tonga, Antigua and Barbuda (on behalf of the Caribbean Community), Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Guatemala, Chile, Costa Rica and Colombia. The meeting was then suspended. 60. Also at the same meeting, the Commission adopted the draft agreed conclusions, and decided to transmit them to the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with its resolution 2008/29 of 24 July 2008, for adoption and as an input into the annual ministerial review of 2009 (see chap. I, sect. A). 36 09-28398