2nd plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) - 1) Opening of the session. 2) General discussion
Opening of the session - Election of officers (Item 1) - Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters (Item 2) - Introduction of documents (Item 3 as a whole)
General discussion (Item 3) (opens) Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.
The CSW is instrumental in promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women.