E/2008/27 E/CN.6/2008/11 Chapter II 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” 1. The Commission considered item 3 of the agenda at its 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and resumed 16th meetings, from 25 to 29 February and on 3, 5, 6 and 7 March 2008. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (E/CN.6/2008/2); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on ending female genital mutilation (E/CN.6/2008/3); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on forced marriage of the girl child (E/CN.6/2008/4); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes with a particular focus on financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (E/CN.6/2008/5); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2008/6); (f) Report of the Secretary-General on release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts (E/CN.6/2008/7); (g) Report of the Secretary-General on the joint workplan of the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/7/52-E/CN.6/2008/8); (h) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Development Fund for Women on the activities of the Fund to eliminate violence against women (A/HRC/7/53-E/CN.6/2008/9); (i) Statements submitted by non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (E/CN.6/2008/NGO/1-39); (j) Note by the Secretariat transmitting the results of the fortieth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/2008/CRP.1); (k) Note by the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women: discussion guide on the high-level round table on financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (E/CN.6/2008/CRP.3); (l) Note by the Secretary-General on the strategic framework for the biennium 2010-2011: subprogramme 2, Gender issues and advancement of women (E/CN.6/2008/CRP.4). 08-29062 31