Chapter V PRIORITY THEMES 1. The Commission considered item 6 of its agenda at its 13th, 14th and 16th meetings, on 30 and 31 March and 3 April 1995. It had before it the following reports: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on equality in economic decision-making (E/CN.6/1995/10); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on promotion of literacy, education and training, including technological skills (E/CN.6/1995/11); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the participation of women in political life and decision-making (E/CN.6/1995/12). ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION Integration of displaced rural women into development processes 2. At the 13th meeting, on 30 March 1995, the representative of Peru, on behalf of China, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1995/L.16) entitled "Integration of displaced rural women into development processes". Subsequently, Angola, Bangladesh*******, Colombia, Ecuador, Malaysia, Mongolia*, Mozambique*, Nepal*, Nicaragua*, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe*, Togo and Venezuela joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. The text read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Recalling the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, in particular its article 14, in which the States Parties to the Convention agreed that they should take into account the significant roles that rural women played in the economic survival of their families, and ensure to such women the right to participate in the elaboration and implementation of development planning at all levels, "Recalling also the Declaration of Principles and the Programme of Action of the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development of July 1979, in which it was recommended that women should, on equal footing with men, participate in and contribute to social, economic and political rural development processes and fully share in the benefits of improving living standards in rural areas, "Emphasizing the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women of July 1985, which stress the design of development strategies and programmes, as well as incentive programmes and projects in the field of food and agriculture, in a manner that fully integrates women at all levels of planning, implementation, monitoring evaluation in all stages of the development process of a project cycle, so as to facilitate and enhance the key role that they play, ******* In accordance with rule 69 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council. -62-