Contents
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Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . .
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A.
Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
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The situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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II.
Discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
III.
Proposals for a multi-year programme of work for the Commission on the Status of
Women for 2002-2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women on thematic issues
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Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Resolution 45/1. Release of women and children taken hostage, including those
subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Resolution 45/2. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes
in the United Nations system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Resolution 45/3. Proposed System-wide Medium-term Plan for the Advancement of
Women, 2002-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Decision 45/101. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions .
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Decision 45/102. Enhancing the effectiveness of the working methods of the
Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Decision 45/103. Report of t he Secretary-General assessing the implications of reforms
of mechanisms in the human rights area (1503 procedure) for communications
concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Decision 45/104. Resumed session of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . .
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Decision 45/105. Proposed programme of work of the Office of the Special Adviser on
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the Advancement of
Women for the biennium 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Decision 45/106. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women
under agenda item 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the
General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the
twenty-first century” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Thematic issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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