A/HRC/19/31 E/CN.6/2012/12 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted in accordance with Commission on the Status of Women resolutions 38/2 of 18 March 1994 (see E/1994/27, chap. I.C) and 39/5 of 31 March 1995 (see E/1995/26, chap. I.C), Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/43 of 11 April 1997 (see E/1997/23, chap. II.A) and Human Rights Council resolution 6/30 of 14 December 2007 (see A/63/53, chap. I.A). On the basis of those resolutions, a joint workplan has been prepared annually. 2. The establishment of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), by the General Assembly has provided the opportunity for greater coordination among the entities of the United Nations system on gender equality and women’s empowerment, including between UNWomen and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN-Women has made progress in developing a coordination strategy which builds on existing United Nations mechanisms across the United Nations system. In 2011, the Office of the High Commissioner, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, provided inputs during the development of the UN-Women strategic plan 2011-2013, which was endorsed by the Executive Board of UN-Women in June 2011. Cooperation between UN-Women and the Office of the High Commissioner has intensified and plans are under way to strengthen collaboration within a mutually agreed broad strategic framework. The major areas of cooperation where activities were carried out jointly by UN-Women and the Office of the High Commissioner in 2011 are outlined below, as are plans for cooperation in 2012. Some of the activities highlighted are ongoing activities and others represent new initiatives. The list of joint activities is not intended to be exhaustive. II. Review of cooperation in 2011 A. Inter-agency mechanisms and initiatives 3. UN-Women and the Office of the High Commissioner continued to cooperate within the framework of inter-agency mechanisms. Both entities participated in the tenth session of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, held in New York from 16 to 18 February 2011. Both entities participated in the work of several of the task forces of the Inter-Agency Network, including its Inter-Agency Task Force on Violence against Women, as well as the Inter-Agency Task Force on Women, Peace and Security, which has been converted into a Standing Committee chaired by UN-Women. The Office of the High Commissioner contributed to the inventory of activities of the United Nations system on violence against women, compiled by UN-Women in February 2011, an undertaking that was among the activities of the Task Force on Violence against Women. Activities undertaken by the Standing Committee on Women, Peace and Security of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality included work on indicators and on the development of a strategic framework to guide the United Nations in its implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). The Office of the High Commissioner and UN-Women are also working together in the development of terms of reference for yet another task force of the Inter-Agency Network, one to be 11-63199 3