E/2008/27 E/CN.6/2008/11 Chapter III Communications concerning the status of women 1. The Commission considered item 4 of the agenda at its 13th to 16th meetings on 5, 6, and 7 March 2008. It had before it the following documents: (a) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the list of confidential communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2008/SW/COMM.LIST/42/R); (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the list of confidential communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2008/SW/COMM.LIST/42/Add.1); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the future work of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2004/11 and Add.1 and 2); (d) Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2008/CRP.5). Action taken by the Commission Future work of the Working Group on Communications concerning the Status of Women 2. At its 13th meeting, on 5 March, the Commission began its consideration of the question of the future work of the Working Group on Communications. 3. At the same meeting, the Vice-Chairperson, Enna Park (Republic of Korea), made a statement in which she proposed an oral draft decision on the future work of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women, as follows: “The Commission on the Status of Women decides to postpone its consideration of the future work of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women until its fifty-third session and requests the SecretaryGeneral to prepare a report for that purpose, which should include the written views of Member States.” 4. Also at the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malaysia, Iceland and Croatia, and by the observers for Cuba and the Russian Federation. 5. At the 15th meeting, on 6 March, the Vice-Chairperson read out a revised draft oral decision on the future work of the Working Group on Communications concerning the Status of Women. 6. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Morocco and China, as well as by the observer for Cuba. 7. Also at the same meeting, the Commission adopted the revised draft oral decision (see chap. I, sect. D, draft decision 52/101). 48 08-29062