E/1999/27 E/CN.6/1999/10 Chapter II Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women 1. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 1st to 8th, 10th, 13th, 14th and 17th meetings, from 1 to 4 and on 8, 11 and 12 March and 1 April 1999. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (E/CN.6/1999/2 and Add.1); (b) Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Gender and ageing: problems, perceptions and policies (E/CN.6/1999/3); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the thematic issues before the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/1999/4); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (E/CN.6/1999/5); (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 50/166 (E/CN.6/1999/6); (f) Letter dated 16 February 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations transmitting two documents concerning the work of the Council of Europe in the fields of equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming (E/CN.6/1999/7); (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the results of the twentieth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/1999/CRP.1); (h) Note by the Secretary-General on the proposed programme of work in the field of advancement of women for the biennium 2000–2001 (E/CN.6/1999/CRP.2); (i) Note by the Secretary-General containing a preliminary executive summary of the 1999 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (E/CN.6/1999/CRP.3); (j) Statement submitted by the International Federation of University Women, a nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/1); (k) Statement submitted by the International Federation on ageing, a nongovernmental organization in general consultative status with the Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/2); (l) Statement submitted by the American Association of Retired Persons, a nongovernmental organization in general consultative status with the Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/3); (m) Statement submitted by Bahá’í International Community, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/4); (n) Statement submitted by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/5); (o) Statement submitted by Zonta International, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status with the Council (E/CN.6/1999/NGO/6); 31