Chapter II FOLLOW-UP TO THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN 1. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 1st to 12th and 14th to 16th meetings, from 10 to 14, 17, 20 and 21 March 1997. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on progress achieved in the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and in mainstreaming a gender perspective within the United Nations system (E/CN.6/1997/2); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on thematic issues before the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/1997/3); (c) Note by the Secretary-General on agreed conclusions 1996/1 adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1996 coordination segment on coordination of the United Nations system activities for poverty eradication (E/CN.6/1997/6); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (E/CN.6/1997/7); (e) Note by the Secretary-General on implementation of General Assembly resolution 50/166 on the role of the United Nations Development Fund for Women in eliminating violence against women (E/CN.6/1997/8); (f) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the results of the sixteenth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/1997/CRP.1); (g) Note by the Secretary-General on the proposed programme of work of the Division for the Advancement of Women of the United Nations Secretariat for the biennium 1998-1999 (E/CN.6/1997/CRP.2). 2. At the 1st meeting, on 10 March, the Commission heard an introductory statement by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. 3. At the same meeting, the Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development made a statement. 4. The observer for the United Republic of Tanzania made a statement on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China. 5. At the 2nd meeting, on 10 March, statements were made by the representatives of the United States of America, Namibia (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Southern African Development Community), Chile, the Dominican Republic, the Republic of Korea, Ghana, Paraguay, Indonesia, Brazil, China, the Russian Federation, Ecuador and Poland and the observer for the Netherlands (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), Argentina, Malta, Israel, Spain and Kyrgyzstan. -35-