Preparations for the special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century"

GEN

Encourages all the regional commissions and other intergovernmental regional organizations to carry out activities in support of the preparations for the special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century"; decides that the special session shall have a plenary and an ad hoc committee of the whole; decides that the provisional agenda shall include the following items: (a) review and appraisal of progress made in implementation in the 12 critical areas of concern of the Platform for Action; (b) further actions and initiatives for overcoming obstacles to the implementation of the Platform for Action; requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in time for the next session of the preparatory committee in 2000, comprehensive reports on progress made in the implementation of the Platform for Action nationally, regionally and internationally; also requests the Secretary-General to make available all necessary documentation in a timely manner for the special session; decides that non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as well as the non-governmental organizations that were accredited to the 4th World Conference on Women, may participate in the special session without creating a precedent for future sessions of the General Assembly; also decides to defer consideration of all the modalities for participation of non-governmental organizations in the special session until the next session of the preparatory committee; recommends that the major portion of the 3 weeks scheduled for the 44th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in Mar. 2000 be allocated to the Commission acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly.

Adopted without vote, 83rd meeting

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Adopted at the 83rd plenary meeting, 17 Dec. 1999.