VIII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 D. Agenda and organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 E. Appointment of the members of a Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Summary submitted by the moderator of the panel discussion on eradicating poverty, including through the empowerment of women throughout their life cycle in a globalizing world (Fernando Estellita Lins de Salvo Coimbra) (agenda item 3 (c) (i)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Summary submitted by the moderator of the panel discussion on environmental management and mitigation of natural disasters: a gender perspective (Kyung-wha Kang) (agenda item 3 (c) (ii)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Statements by members of the Commission on the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 IV. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 V. List of documents before the Commission at its forty-sixth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Annexes I. II. III. iv