The CSW 43^rd session was held at UN Headquarters 1-19 March 1999.

At its 43rd session the Commission monitored progress in implementing the following critical areas of concern of the Beijing Platform for Action: Section C: Women and Health, and Section H: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women.  Work on an Optional Protocol to CEDAW continued in the CSW open-ended working group and a text was agreed.  From 15-19 March, 1999, the Commission also discussed preparations for the Special Session in the Year 2000.

The following related official documents are currently available online:

• E/1999/27 CSW report on the forty-third session
  (pdf format)

• Documents related to the Special Session of the General Assembly:
  • Agenda of CSW as the Preparatory Committee for the Year 2000 Special  Session
  • Report of the Secretary-General on initiation of the comprehensive review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
  • Report of the Secretary-General on framework for further actions and initiatives that might be considered during  the Special Session
  • 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
  • Draft text for a resolution submitted by the Chairperson of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly(unedited version)

• Agenda for CSW 43rd Session
• Report of the Secretary-General on thematic issues before the Commission on the Status of Women
• Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
• Report of the Secretary-General on gender and aging
• Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: update on the synthesized report on national action plans
• Report of the Secretary-General on improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat
  

The following Expert Group Meetings were held by UNDAW in preparation for the 43^rd session of CSW:

• Expert Group Meeting: "Women and Health: Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective into the Health Sector (Tunis, 28 September to 2 October 1998)
  See  Aide Memoire and Report
• Expert Group Meeting: "National Machineries for gender Equality"(Santiago, Chile, 31 August - 4 September 1998). See Report

Panels:

For a list of the panelists, click here:

Statements:

Angela E.V. King,  Introductory statement

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