E/2016/27 E/CN.6/2016/22 Chapter VIII Organization of the session A. Opening and duration of the session 131. The Commission on the Status of Women held its sixtieth session at United Nations Headquarters on 20 March 2015 and from 14 to 24 March 2016. The Commission held 15 meetings (1st to 15th). B. Attendance 132. The session was attended by representatives of 45 States members of the Commission. Observers for other States Members of the United Nations and for non-Member States, representatives of organizations of the United Nations system and observers for intergovernmental, non-governmental and other organizations also attended. C. Election of Officers 133. The following officers were elected at the 1st and 2nd meetings of the sixtieth session, on 20 March 2015 and 14 March 2016, to serve on the Bureau of th e Commission at its sixtieth session: Chair: Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil) Vice-Chairs: Fatmaalzahraa Hassan Abdelaziz Abdelkawy (Egypt) Jun Saito (Japan) Andreas Glossner (Germany) Vice-Chair-cum-Rapporteur: Šejla Đurbuzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) D. Agenda and organization of work 134. At its 2nd meeting, on 14 March 2016, the Commission adopted its agenda as contained in document E/CN.6/2016/1. The agenda read as follows: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters. 3. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twentythird special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”: (a) Implementation of strategic objectives and action in critical areas of concern and further actions and initiatives: (i) 16-05842 Priority theme: women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development; 61/62