E/2006/27 E/CN.6/2006/15 the strengthening of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (E/CN.6/2006/11); (m) Letter dated 21 December 2005 from the President of the Economic and Social Council to the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/CN.6/2006/14); (n) Statements submitted by non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/2006/NGO/1-31); (o) Note by the Secretary-General on the results of the thirty-fourth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/2006/CRP.1); (p) Report of the Secretary-General on the discussion guide on the high-level round table: incorporating gender perspectives into the national development strategies for implementing the internationally agreed development goals requested at the 2005 World Summit (E/CN.6/2006/CRP.2); 2. At the 2nd meeting, on 27 February, introductory statements were made by the Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 3. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of South Africa (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), Nigeria, Indonesia, the United Republic of Tanzania, El Salvador and China, and by the observers for Austria (on behalf of the European Union; the acceding countries Bulgaria and Romania; the candidate countries Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro; as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, which aligned themselves with the statement), Sweden, Italy, Antigua and Barbuda and Namibia. 4. At the 6th meeting, on 1 March, statements were made by the representatives of Botswana (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)), Iceland, Ghana, the Congo, Burkina Faso, Malaysia and Peru, and by the observers for Lesotho, Malawi, Norway, Finland, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Iraq, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, the Niger, Nepal, France, Greece, Angola, Kenya and Barbados. 5. At the same meeting, the Director of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women made a statement. 6. Also at the 6th meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the following non-governmental organizations: Coalition of Islamic Organizations and Asia Pacific Women’s Watch. 7. At the 7th meeting, on 1 March, statements were made by the representatives of the Dominican Republic, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Canada, the Sudan, Cuba, and by the observers for Ukraine, Guyana (on behalf of the Rio Group), Rwanda, the Syrian Arab Republic, Pakistan, Chile, the Philippines, Australia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Zambia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Viet Nam, India, Tuvalu, Yemen and Papua New Guinea (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum). 36