Beijing +5 - Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century Twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, 5-9 June 2000

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Beijing+5: 23rd special session of the General Assembly

List of Relevant Reports and Documents

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Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly (final edited version):

A/RES/S-23/2 Political Declaration
A/RES/S-23/3 Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Outcome Document)

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

-GA Resolution
-CSW agreed conclusions
-PrepCom Documents
-Governments' Responses to the Questionnaire
-National Action Plans
-World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
-Statements

GA Resolutions
	The following GA documents contain the mandates and background for the Special Session: A/RES/52/100 A/RES/52/231 A/RES/53/120
CSW Agreed conclusions on the 12 critical areas of concern
	Since 1996, the CSW has been monitoring the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. A series of agreed conclusions have been reached on: Women and poverty (1996) Women and Media (1996) Education and training of women (1997) Women and the economy (1997) Women in power and decision-making (1997) Women and the environment(1997) Violence against women (1998) Women and armed conflict (1998) Human rights of women (1998) The girl child(1998) Women and health (1999) Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women (1999)
PrepCom Documents
	2000: Report on the third session of the prepcom: A/S-23/2 A/S-23/2/Add.1 A/S-23/2/Add.2 (Part I): Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action A/S-23/2/Add.2 (Part II) A/S-23/2/Add.2 (Part III): A/S-23/2/Add.2 (Part IV) A/S-23/2/Add.2 (Part IV)Corr.1 E/CN.6/2000/PC/1 - Provisional agenda for the CSW Acting as the PrepCom for the Special Session E/CN.6/2000/PC/2 - Report of the Secretary General on review and appraisal of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action E/CN.6/2000/PC/4 - Report of the Secretary-General on emerging issues containing additional material for further actions and initiatives for the preparation of the outlook beyond the year 2000 E/CN.6/2000/PC/6 - Note by the Secretary-General on results of regional meetings held in preparation for the special session of the General Assembly E/CN.6/2000/PC/CRP.1 - Summary of the WomenWatch Online Working Groups on the 12 Critical Areas of Concern E/CN.6/2000/PC/9 - Establishment of the list of speakers for the debate in the plenary of the special session of the General Assembly


	1999: Documents before the Session: (E/CN.6/1999/PC/3) Initiation of the comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (E/CN.6/1999/PC/2) Framework for further actions and initiatives that might be considered during the special session of the General Assembly (E/CN.6/1999/PC/4) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action "Enabling" resolution adopted: (CSW draft resolution E/CN.6/1999/L.2/Rev. 1) Preparations for the Special Session of the General Assembly

Governments' Responses to the Secretary-General's questionnaire
	In October 1998, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) sent a questionnaire to Governments requesting information on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. As of 18 August 2000, 153 Member States and two Observers have responded. --Questionnaire --Governments' responses
National Action Plans
	The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action requested that Governments, in consultation with relevant institutions and non-governmental organizations, develop implementation strategies for the Platform for Action as benchmarks for monitoring progress. National Action Plans submitted by Governments (E/CN.6/1998/6) Synthesized report on national action plans and strategies for implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (E/CN.6/1999/2/Add.1) Update of the synthesized report on national action plans and strategies for implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
World Survey on the Role of Women in Development
A flagship publication of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs issued every five years, the World Survey has constituted a basic document for the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly in June 2000. Focusing on developing countries, the 76-page report gives a detailed overview of employment and displacement effects of economic trends associated with globalization from a gender point of view. It further discusses the importance of these effects in terms of their influence on women's relative position within the household and the labour markets around the world. Click here for the GA version of the publication.


Statements
	Statement by Ms. Yakin Ertrk, at the workshop on further actions (October 1999) Statement by Ms Yakin Ertürk, at the ECE Preparatory Meeting (19-21 January 2000)