Regional 15-year review processes

Regional review processes - including the preparation of regional review reports and the organization of regional intergovernmental meetings - are being undertaken in all five regions by the United Nations regional commissions - ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA.

The outcomes of these regional review processes will feed into the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women from 1-12 March 2010.

The Commission noted the relevance of the regional reviews and outcomes of the regional-level intergovernmental processes in preparation for the “Beijing plus 15” review (CSW resolution 53/1 - E/2009/27). Each of the five UN regional commissions is preparing regional review reports, and intergovernmental meetings are being organized to contribute to the global review process in the Commission on the Status of Women.

Regional reports

Regional reports will be prepared on the basis of the responses by Member States to the questionnaire.

ECE Regional report: Regional review of progress: Regional synthesis (ECE/AC.28/2009/3)

(Details of the regional reports will be posted as they become available.)

Regional meetings

The schedule for the regional meetings organized by the regional commissions is as follows:

• Economic Commission for Africa (ECA): Africa regional review meeting, 16 to 20 November 2009, Banjul, the Gambia
  ECA Beijing+15 page
  
• Economic Commission for Europe (ECE): regional meeting in preparation for the 15-year review of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, 2 to 3 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
  ECE Beijing+15 page
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): 3 to 6 July 2010.
  ECLAC Beijing+15 page
• Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):  High-level Intergovernmental Meeting (HLM) to review the regional implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000) for the ESCAP region 16 to 18 November, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
  ESCAP Beijing+15 page
• Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA): expert group meeting for the 15-year review of the Beijing Conference, 19 to 20 October 2009, fourth session of the Committee on Women, 21 to 23 October 2009, Beirut, Lebanon
  ESCWA Beijing+15 page