E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15 Vice-Chairpersons: Ara Margarian (Armenia) Enna Park (Republic of Korea) Julio Peralta (Paraguay) Vice-Chairperson-cum-Rapporteur: Cécile Mballa Eyenga (Cameroon) D. Agenda and organization of work 9. At its 1st meeting, on 2 March, the Commission adopted its agenda and approved its organization of work as contained in document E/CN.6/2009/1. The agenda read as follows: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twentythird special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”: (a) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: (i) The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS; (ii) Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels; (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men; (c) Gender mainstreaming, situations and programmatic matters. 4. Communications concerning the status of women. 5. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. 6. Provisional agenda for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission. 7. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-third session. Participation of the Cook Islands and Niue as observers at the fifty-third session of the Commission 10. Also at the 1st meeting, following a statement made by the Secretary of the Commission and further to the requests of the Cook Islands and Niue to participate as observers at the fifty-third session of the Commission, the Commission decided to invite the Cook Islands and Niue, in accordance with rule 69 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council, to take part in the fifty-third session as observers. 11. Statements were made by the observer for Argentina and the Secretary of the Commission. 09-28398 49