The General Assembly special session, "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century", also known as Beijing +5, will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June. In other business this afternoon, the Committee took note of the list of non-governmental organizations accredited to the special session.
The Committee also approved its draft report, and entrusted the Vice Chairperson, Monica Martinez (Ecuador), with the responsibility of finalizing the report for submission to the special session of the General Assembly. The proposed document, entitled "Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action", was transmitted to the Assembly on the understanding that the text of an informal paper containing the results of negotiations held on the outcome document, would be incorporated into the final document, and that it would be issued in the six official languages on Monday, 5 June, as a document of the special session. NEW YORK, 2 June (UN Headquarters) - In its closing meeting this afternoon, the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the Preparatory Committee for the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly on follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women transmitted the text of a proposed outcome document to the Assembly. Text of Proposed Outcome Document to General Assembly Preparatory Committee for Next Week’s “Beijing Plus Five” Transmits For information only - not an official document.
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