E/2011/27 E/CN.6/2011/12 Chapter III Communications concerning the status of women 98. The Commission considered item 4 of its agenda at its 13th (closed) meeting, on 2 March 2011. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (see para. 100 below); 34 (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the list of confidential communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2011/SW/COMM.LIST/ 45/R and Add.1). Report of the Working Group on Communications concerning the Status of Women 99. At its 13th (closed) meeting, on 2 March, the Commission considered the report of the Working Group on Communications concerning the Status of Women. 100. At the 16th meeting, on 4 March, the Commission decided to take note of the report and to incorporate it in the report on its fifty-fifth session. The report of the Working Group read as follows: 1. The Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women met in closed meetings before the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 2002/235 and was guided in its deliberations by the mandate given to it by the Council in its resolution 76 (V), as amended by the Council in its resolutions 304 I (XI), 1983/27, 1992/19, 1993/11 and 2009/16. 2. The Working Group considered the list of confidential communications and replies by Governments (E/CN.6/2011/SW/COMM.LIST/45/R and Add.1). There was no list of non-confidential communications concerning the status of women, as no such communications had been received by the SecretaryGeneral. 3. The Working Group considered the 52 confidential communications received directly by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). The Working Group noted that no confidential communications concerning the status of women had been received from other United Nations bodies or the specialized agencies. 4. The Working Group noted that there were 36 replies from Governments received by UN-Women. 35 5. The Working Group recalled its mandate as defined in paragraph 4 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/27, which stated that the Working Group should perform the following functions: __________________ 34 35 40 The report was circulated internally under document symbol E/CN.6/2011/CRP.2. Thirty-four of the replies concern this year’s list of confidential communications (E/CN.6/2011/SW/COMM.LIST/45/R) and two of the replies concern last year’s list of confidential communications (E/CN.6/2010/SW/COMM.LIST/44/R). 11-28654