E/2003/27 E/CN.6/2003/12 Chapter IV Communications concerning the status of women 1. The Commission considered agenda item 4 at its 12th (closed), 13th and 14th meetings, on 12, 13 and 14 March 2003. It had before it a note by the SecretaryGeneral transmitting the confidential list of communications concerning the status of women (E/CN.6/2003/SW/Communications List No. 37). 2. The Commission established a working group to consider, under agenda item 4, communications concerning the status of women, pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/27. The following five members, nominated by their regional groups, were appointed to the working group: Ms. Astanah Abdul Aziz (Malaysia) Mr. Alberto Pedro D’Alotto (Argentina) Mr. Andrej Dogan (Croatia) Mr. Peter-Derrek Hof (Netherlands) Ms. Edith Nkunduwiga (Burundi) 3. At its 13th meeting, on 13 March, the Commission held a preliminary exchange of views on the communications procedure. Statements were made by the representatives of Egypt, Cuba, the Sudan, China, Argentina, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Brazil and Croatia, and by the observers for the Syrian Arab Republic, Greece and India. Action taken by the Commission Communications concerning the status of women 4. At the 13th meeting, on 13 March, the representative of Argentina, also on behalf of Chile, Croatia and the Netherlands, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Communications concerning the status of women” (E/CN.6/2003/L.8), which read as follows: “The Economic and Social Council, “Recalling the mandate of the Commission on the Status of Women as set out in its resolutions 76 (V) of 5 August 1947, 340 I (XI) of 14 and 17 July 1950, 1983/27 of 26 May 1983, 1992/19 of 30 June 1992, 1993/11 of 27 July 1993 and 2002/235 of 24 July 2002, “Bearing in mind the reports of the Secretary-General assessing the implications of the reforms of mechanisms in the human rights area (1503 procedure) for communications concerning the status of women, “Taking into account the consideration by the Commission at its fortyseventh session of the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women and the discussion on communications concerning the status of women, “1. Decides that the Commission on the Status of Women at its fortyeighth session will consider the future work of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women; 38