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What
is the nature
of the CSW
49th session?
In paragraph
9 of the Political
Declaration
from the 23rd
special session
of the General
Assembly (2000),
Governments
agreed "to
assess regularly
further implementation
of the Beijing
Platform for
Action with
a view to bringing
together all
parties involved
in 2005 to
assess progress
and consider
new initiatives,
as appropriate,
ten years after
the adoption
of the Beijing
Platform for
Action." The
Objective of
the review
is to identify
achievements,
gaps and challenges
in implementing
the Beijing
Platform for
Action and
the outcome
documents.
The 49th
session of
the Commission
will be a regular
session. It
was agreed
in the 48th
session of
the CSW in
March 2004
that it would
be a high-level
event. At its
substantive
session in
July 2004,
ECOSOC decided
that the 49th
session of
CSW should
convene a high-level
plenary meeting
open to the
participation
of all UN Member
States and
Observers,
on the implementation
of the Beijing
Declaration
and Platform
for Action
and the outcome
of the twenty-third
special session
of the General
Assembly. The
Chairperson
of the 49th
session of
the Commission
was requested
to transmit
its outcome,
through ECOSOC,
to the 60th
session of
the General
Assembly, including
to the high-level
event of the
General Assembly
on the review
of the Millennium
Declaration.
The 49th
session of
the Commission
to be held
in 2005 is
more than an
expanded session
of the regular
CSW. Its focus
will be different.
The work programme
for 2005 will
focus on national-level
implementation
through interactive
dialogue and
exchange of
good practices.
The Bureau
of the Commission
developed a
proposed organization
of work for
the Commission
in 2005, which
was approved
by Members
of the Commission
on 14 September
2004, pending
agreement on
one of the
high-level
panels.
There will
be about 8
high-level
events (panels,
roundtables)
on a broad
range of issues,
a high-level
opening, the
high-level
plenary for
national statements,
and a celebration
of international
women's day
within the
CSW itself
and not as
an interagency
event.
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