Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . . A. B. C. D. 1 Declaration adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-ninth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I. Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 II. Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Draft decision for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-ninth session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fiftieth session of the Commission . . . . . . 7 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Resolution 49/1. Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Resolution 49/2. Eliminating demand for trafficked women and girls for all forms of exploitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Resolution 49/3. Advisability of the appointment of a special rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Resolution 49/4. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all national policies and programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Resolution 49/5. Integrating a gender perspective in post-disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Resolution 49/6. Strengthening of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Resolution 49/7. Indigenous women: beyond the ten-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Resolution 49/8. Economic advancement for women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Decision 49/101. Review of methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Decision 49/102. Proposed programme of work of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the Division for the Advancement of Women for the biennium 2006-2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Decision 49/103. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 iii