Education and training of women 172. At its 16th meeting, on 21 March, the Commission had before it draft agreed conclusions (E/CN.6/1997/L.13/Rev.1) on the education and training of women, submitted by the Vice-Chairperson, Zakia Amara Bouaziz (Tunisia), who also informed the Commission of revisions to the text, agreed upon during informal consultations. 173. At the same meeting, statements were made by the observers for the Netherlands (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Union) and the United Republic of Tanzania (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77), who also proposed an amendment to the text. 174. The Vice-Chairperson of the Commission, Ms. Bouaziz (Tunisia), also made a statement. 175. The Commission then adopted the draft agreed conclusions (E/CN.6/1997/L.13/Rev.1), as orally revised and amended, and decided to bring them to the attention of the Economic and Social Council (see chap. I, sect. C, agreed conclusions 1997/4). Agreed conclusions on the critical areas of concern 176. At the 16th meeting, on 21 March, the Commission had before it a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1997/L.19) entitled "Agreed conclusions on the critical areas of concern", submitted by the Chairperson, who also informed the Commission of revisions to the text, agreed upon during informal consultations. 177. At the same meeting the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II). Follow-up to agreed conclusions 1996/1 of the Economic and Social Council 178. At its 15th meeting, on 21 March, the Commission agreed to include in its report the text submitted by the Chairperson on the follow-up to agreed conclusions 1996/1 of the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/1997/L.17). The text, as orally revised by the Chairperson, is as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women welcomes agreed conclusions 1996/1 of the Economic and Social Council on the coordination of United Nations system activities for poverty eradication. The agreed conclusions provide a framework for ensuring coordination of the multi-year work programmes of functional commissions and a better division of labour among them with a view to promoting a coordinated and integrated follow-up to major United Nations conferences. The Commission on the Status of Women wishes to inform the Council of the following measures that it will adopt in order to implement agreed conclusions 1996/1: "(a) The Commission on the Status of Women considered the theme ’Poverty eradication’ at its fortieth session, in 1996. In accordance with its multi-year work programme, issues relating to poverty eradication will also be considered in 1998 within the framework of the review of the synthesis report of national action plans and of the mid-term review of the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001. In this way, the Commission can provide an input to the overall review of the theme of poverty eradication to be undertaken by the Council; -64-