E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 3. 4. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”: (a) Review of mainstreaming in organizations of the United Nations system; (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men; (c) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in the critical areas of concern. Thematic issues: (a) Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS); (b) Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. 5. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. 6. Communications concerning the status of women. 7. Provisional agenda for the forty-sixth session of the Commission. 8. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-fifth session. E. Appointment of the members of a working group on communications on the status of women 6. Pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/27, the Commission established a working group to consider communications concerning the status of women. The following five members, nominated by their regional groups, were appointed: Bettina Cadenbach (Germany); Christine Kapalata (United Republic of Tanzania); Audra Plepyte (Lithuania); Mariano Simón Padrós (Argentina); and Yu Wenzhe (China). The working group held four meetings. F. Consultations with non-governmental organizations 7. Written statements, submitted by non-governmental organizations in accordance with rule 76 of the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council (E/5975/Rev.1), were circulated in documents E/CN.6/2001/NGO/1-9. 60