A/HRC/13/70 E/CN.6/2010/7 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted in accordance with Commission on the Status of Women resolution 39/5, Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/43, and Human Rights Council resolution 6/30. A joint workplan is prepared annually by the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The workplan for 2009 is contained in document A/HRC/10/42E/CN.6/2009/7. 2. Cooperation between OHCHR and the Division for the Advancement of Women continued in 2009 with the goal of achieving equality between women and men and the promotion and protection of women’s human rights. The major activities that were carried out jointly are outlined below, as are plans for joint activities for 2010. II. Review of the implementation of the joint workplan for 2009 3. During the implementation of the current joint workplan, the exchange of information continued between OHCHR, the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Division for the Advancement of Women. The Division and OHCHR continued to cooperate within the framework of inter-agency mechanisms, especially the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, under the leadership of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. The Division and OHCHR participated in the eighth session of the Inter-Agency Network from 24 to 26 February 2009 in New York, contributing to discussions on all items on the agenda. Both entities participated in several of the task forces of the Inter-Agency Network, including its Task Force on Violence against Women, convened jointly by the Division and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Both entities also participated in a working group of the Inter-Agency Network related to the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. OHCHR also contributed to the inventory of activities of the United Nations system on violence against women, compiled twice yearly by the Division as part of the activities of the Task Force on Violence against Women. 4. Both entities continued to participate in the Inter-Agency Cooperation Group against Trafficking in Persons, chaired by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as in decision-making concerning grants by the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women. The Division and OHCHR also continued their collaboration within the context of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, specifically in the cluster on the advancement of women, which is convened jointly by the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). 5. Two regional OHCHR staff members participated in an expert group meeting on good practices in legislation to address harmful practices in Addis Ababa from 25 to 28 May 2009, organized jointly by the Division for the Advancement of Women and ECA. The expert group meeting was part of the Division’s ongoing work to develop tools for stakeholders to address violence against women. Based on the 2 09-62685