[31 March 2008] Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . 1 A. Agreed conclusions on financing gender equality and the empowerment of women . . . . 1 B. Draft resolution for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Draft decision for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-second session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fifty-third session of the Commission . . . 12 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Resolution 52/1. Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Resolution 52/2. Ending female genital mutilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Resolution 52/3. Strengthening of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Resolution 52/4. Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Decision 52/101. Future work of the Working Group on Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Decision 52/102. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 III. Communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 IV. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 V. Provisional agenda for the fifty-third session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 VI. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fifty-second session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 VII. Organization of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 B. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 C. D. II. iii