Contents Chapter I. Page Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . . 1 A. High-level panel discussion on the gender dimensions of international migration . . . . . . 1 B. Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 I. Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 II. Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. Future organization and methods of work of the Commission on the Status of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Draft decision for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fiftieth session and provisional agenda and documentation for the fifty-first session of the Commission . . . . 11 Matters brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Resolution 50/1. Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Resolution 50/2. Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Resolution 50/3. Advisability of the appointment of a special rapporteur on laws that discriminate against women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Decision 50/101. Documents considered by the Commission on the Status of Women under agenda item 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Agreed conclusions: Enhanced participation of women in development: an enabling environment for achieving gender equality and the advancement of women, taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education, health and work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Agreed conclusions: Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes at all levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 III. Communications concerning the status of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 IV. Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 V. Provisional agenda for the fifty-first session of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 VI. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fiftieth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 C. D. II. iii