E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 needed for monitoring in a timely fashion progress towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 5, and to share such data with the United Nations system for better monitoring of progress towards the achievement of Goal 5 and its targets; 16. Notes with appreciation the work done by the United Nations on Millennium Development Goal indicators, in particular those for Millennium Development Goal 5, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to continue to expand the knowledge base, including the United Nations website on the progress made towards the achievement of the Goals, and encourages relevant United Nations funds and programmes, specialized agencies and offices, as feasible, to prepare a compendium of best practices of Member States, United Nations bodies, funds and programmes, the private sector and non-governmental organizations, including women’s organizations, on eliminating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, including through the empowerment of women and girls, the elimination of gender discrimination and gender inequalities, and promotion of the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls; 17. Decides to hold, at its fifty-fifth session, an expert panel discussion on the elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women, including oral briefings by and an interactive discussion with the relevant United Nations funds and programmes, agencies and offices, including the World Bank, as well as representatives of the private sector and civil society, such as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Global Fund to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; 18. Requests the Secretary-General to provide a report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-sixth session, in consultation with Member States, international organizations and all other relevant stakeholders, taking into account Human Rights Council resolution 11/8 of 17 June 2009 and other relevant United Nations resolutions, on actions to strengthen linkages among programmes, initiatives and activities throughout the United Nations system for gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, protection of all of their human rights and elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. Resolution 54/6 Strengthening the institutional arrangements of the United Nations for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women by consolidating the four existing offices into a composite entity* The Commission on the Status of Women, Recognizing the significant role of the United Nations system in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women worldwide, Welcomes General Assembly resolution 63/311 of 14 September 2009, in particular the provisions on strengthening the institutional arrangements for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women by consolidating the four existing offices into a composite entity led by an Under-Secretary-General, and looks forward to its full implementation, __________________ * For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 109-114. 10-30576 31