E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15 Chapter II 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” 1. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 2nd to 12th, 16th and 17th meetings, from 2 to 6 March and on 9 and 13 March 2009. It held a general discussion at its 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 16th meetings. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint workplan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/10/42-E/CN.6/2009/7); (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the activities of the Fund to eliminate violence against women (A/HRC/10/43-E/CN.6/2009/10); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS (E/CN.6/2009/2); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on proposals for a multi-year programme of work for the period 2010-2014 of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2009/3 and Corr.1); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes, with a particular focus on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS (E/CN.6/2009/4); (f) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2009/5); (g) Report of the Secretary-General on women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (E/CN.6/2009/6); (h) Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (E/CN.6/2009/11); (i) Note by the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women: discussion guide on the high-level round table on the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS (E/CN.6/2009/12); (j) Note by the Secretary-General on the preparation of the 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (E/CN.6/2009/14); (k) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the results of the forty-second and forty-third sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/2009/CRP.1); 30 09-28398