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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
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