CONTENTS (continued) Chapter Page Decision 39/3. Establishment of an informal contact group on gender .................................. 33 Draft declaration and draft platform for action of the Fourth World Conference on Women ...................................... 33 PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN: ACTION FOR EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE ............................. 34 PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION MATTERS RELATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM ........................... 49 MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN ......................... 51 V. PRIORITY THEMES ................................................. 62 VI. PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE FORTIETH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ... 67 VII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ITS THIRTY-NINTH SESSION ......................................................... 68 ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION ..................................... 69 A. Opening and duration of the session ......................... 69 B. Attendance .................................................. 69 C. Election of officers ........................................ 70 D. Agenda and organization of work ............................. 70 E. Friends of the Rapporteur ................................... 71 F. Participation of intergovernmental organizations and other entities in the work of the Commission and in the Fourth World Conference on Women ................................... 71 Accreditation of non-governmental organizations in accordance with General Assembly resolution 48/108 .......... 71 H. Consultations with non-governmental organizations ........... 72 I. Appointment of the members of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women ....................... 73 Establishment of an informal contact group on gender ........ 73 Decision 39/4. II. III. IV. VIII. G. J. -viii-