E/2007/27 E/CN.6/2007/9 33. Presentations were made by Gary Barker, Executive Director, Instituto Promundo, and Aminata Touré, Officer-in-Charge for the Culture, Gender and Human Rights Branch, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 34. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, the Sudan, Suriname and Thailand. 35. The observers for the following non-governmental organizations also participated: International Association of Human Values; Organisation du renouveau de la conscience féminine; Inuit Circumpolar Council; World Alliance of Young Men’s Christian Associations; Center for Practice-Oriented Feminist Science; and To Love Children Educational Foundation, Inc. 36. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion.* Panel discussion on agenda item 3 (b) Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men 37. At its 8th meeting, on 1 March, the Commission held an expert panel on “Elimination of all forms of violence against women: follow-up to the SecretaryGeneral’s in-depth study at national and international levels”. 38. Presentations were made by Yakin Ertürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences; Carol Hagemann-White, Chair of Educational Theory and Feminist Studies at the University of Osnabrück, Germany; Susana Chiarotti, Director of the Institute for Gender, Law and Development, Rosario, Argentina; Aminata Touré, Officer-in-Charge for the Culture, Gender and Human Rights Branch of UNFPA; and Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM. 39. The Commission then held a dialogue with the panellists, in which the following delegations participated: Argentina, Australia, Burundi, Canada, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Fiji, France, Germany, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, the United Kingdom, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Palestine. 40. The representatives of the Council of Europe participated. 41. The observers for the Coalition against Trafficking in Women, the Center for Practice-Oriented Feminist Science, the International Federation of Home Economics, Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional and the Union de l’action féminine (non-governmental organizations) also participated. 42. At its 13th meeting, on 9 March, the Commission took note of the moderator’s summary of the panel discussion.* * http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/51sess.htm. 07-28248 37