A/HRC/13/70 E/CN.6/2010/7 the multi-stakeholder workshop in Côte d’Ivoire organized by the Division in December 2009 in order to give assistance in the preparation of overdue reports. 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 and General Assembly resolutions 61/143, 62/133 and 63/155 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women. 10. Collaboration in support of intergovernmental bodies continued. In March 2009, 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 fiftythird session. The Special Rapporteur addressed the Commission following the adoption of Human Rights Council resolution 7/24 which, for the first time since the creation of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, requested the mandate holder to make an annual oral presentation to the Commission. 11. Coordination of the preparation of reports to be submitted to intergovernmental bodies continued. At the invitation of the Division, OHCHR provided inputs to the reports of the Secretary-General on intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (A/64/151) and on violence against women migrant workers (A/64/152), which were submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. OHCHR also provided inputs to the reports of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women (E/CN.6/2009/5) and on women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (E/CN.6/2009/6), which were submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-third session. OHCHR contributed to the report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system, submitted to the Economic and Social Council (E/2009/71). III. Joint workplan for 2010 A. Promotion of the human rights of women and mainstreaming of gender perspectives in the field of human rights 12. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR will continue to implement their mandated responsibilities with regard to women’s human rights in follow-up to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, and other relevant mandates. The Division will cooperate with OHCHR and exchange information of relevance in support of the work of human rights treaty bodies and enhanced mainstreaming of gender perspectives in their work. 13. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR will continue to support the participation of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women and of the President of the Human Rights Council in each other’s sessions and the participation of the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Special Rapporteur on violence against 4 09-62685

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