E/1999/27 E/CN.6/1999/10 3. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women: (a) Review of mainstreaming in organizations of the United Nations system; (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men; (c) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in the critical areas of concern. 4. Initiation of the comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Platform for Action and preparation for the special session of the General Assembly in the year 2000. 5. Communications concerning the status of women. 6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, including the elaboration of a draft optional protocol to the Convention. 7. Provisional agenda for the forty-fourth session of the Commission. 8. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-third session. 7. Also at its 1st meeting, the Commission was informed that Aloisia Wörgetter (Austria) would continue to serve as Chairperson of the Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, established in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/29. E. Consultations with non-governmental organizations 8. Written statements, submitted by non-governmental organizations in accordance with rule 76 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council, were circulated in documents E/CN.6/1999/NGO/1–7. * * * Action taken by the Commission Enabling the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to carry out its mandate 9. At the 14th meeting, on 12 March, the Commission had before it a draft decision entitled “Enabling the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to carry out its mandate” (E/CN.6/1999/L.11), submitted by the Chairperson of the Commission. 10. At the same meeting, the representative of Cuba raised a question, which was responded to by the Chairperson. 11. The Commission then approved the draft decision and recommended it to the Economic and Social Council for adoption (see chap. I, sect. C, draft decision I). Extraordinary meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women 12. At the 16th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission, on the proposal of the Chairperson, recommended a draft decision (subsequently issued in document E/CN.6/1999/L.13 and entitled “Extraordinary meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women”) to the Economic 49