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E/CN.6/2011/8
with all of the Division workshops on reporting under and implementation of the
Convention.
9.
The Division for the Advancement of Women continued its interaction with
special procedures mandate holders. In particular, the Division maintained contact
with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, in the follow-up to the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on all
forms of violence against women (A/61/122 and Add.1 and Corr.1) and General
Assembly resolutions 61/143, 62/133, 63/155 and 64/137 on the intensification of
efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women. In addition, OHCHR and
the Division continued to exchange information in relation to the work of the
Special Rapporteur.
10. Collaboration in support of intergovernmental bodies continued. In March
2010, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes
and consequences addressed the Commission on the Status of Women at its fiftyfourth session. In February 2010, OHCHR moderated an online discussion on the
theme “Women and human rights” as part of a series of United Nations discussions
to contribute to the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
and the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action. 1 OHCHR staff participated in parallel events to the fifty-fourth
session of the Commission on the Status of Women, such as an event on
discriminatory laws, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In October 2010,
the new Executive Director of UN Women, the Vice-Chair of the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Special Rapporteur on
violence against women, its causes and consequences addressed the Third
Committee of the General Assembly during the introduction of the agenda item on
advancement of women.
11. Coordination of the preparation of reports to be submitted to
intergovernmental bodies continued. OHCHR provided inputs to the reports of the
Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
(E/CN.6/2010/4), and on ending female genital mutilation (E/CN.6/2010/6), which
were submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fourth session.
The Division provided inputs to the thematic study of OHCHR on discrimination
against women, in law and practice, and how the issue is addressed throughout the
United Nations human rights system (see A/HRC/15/40), which was submitted to
the Human Rights Council at its fifteenth session; and the report on good practices
in efforts aimed at preventing violence against women, which is under preparation
by OHCHR pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 14/12.
III. Future cooperation, in the light of the establishment
of UN Women
12. The General Assembly established the United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in resolution 64/289 of
2 July 2010 on system-wide coherence by consolidating the mandate and functions
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(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution I, annexes I and II.
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