(e) Encourages the voluntary presentation of national
(c) Should make relevant documents available, through
the Economic and Social Council, to other functional
commissions and relevant United Nations expert
bodies and mechanisms in order to assist in the
integration of a gender perspective in their work;
information and suggests that such information should address the priority issues identified
by the Commission on the Status of Women in
its programme of work, bearing in mind that
Governments are to develop comprehensive implementation strategies or national plans of action,
including time-bound targets and benchmarks for
monitoring, in order to implement the Platform for
Action fully;
(d) Notes, bearing in mind the role of the Economic and
Social Council in overall coordination, that increased
dialogue between the Bureau of the Commission
on the Status of Women and the Economic and
Social Council, the chairpersons and secretariats, as
appropriate, of the other functional commissions,
other subsidiary bodies and related bodies, including the relevant executive boards, would assist in
identifying issues that could be addressed under
the agenda item on emerging issues and trends;
(f) Encourages States to submit national reports by
the year 2000 for the comprehensive quinquennial
review and appraisal of the implementation of the
Platform for Action in the year 2000. ■
Source: United Nations document E/1996/27
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