CSW69/Beijing+30 official meetings

The Commission on the Status of Women’s two-week session will include the following activities: Proposed organization of work. Open meetings are being webcast on UN Web TV.

First week

Monday, 10 March

• 9.30am – Celebratory opening – General Assembly Hall
• 10am–1pm – Opening of the session – General Assembly Hall
  • Election of officers (Item 1)
  • Adoption of the provisional agenda and other organizational matters (Item 2)
  • Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”
    • Opening statements
    • Introduction of reports
    • Adoption of draft political declaration
  • General discussion (Item 3)
• 3–6pm – Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Conference Room 4
  • High-level interactive dialogue with regional commissions – Outcomes of regional reviews of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and next steps

Tuesday, 11 March

• 10am–1pm – Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Conference Room 4
  • Round table 1: National mechanisms for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls: recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, also with a view to contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
• 3–6pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continued) – Conference Room 4

Wednesday, 12 March

• 10am–1pm – Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Conference Room 4
  • Round table 2: National mechanisms for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls: recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, also with a view to contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
• 3–6pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continued) – Conference Room 4

Thursday, 13 March

• 10am–1pm – Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Conference Room 4
  • High-level interactive dialogue – Accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: the role of the Commission on the Status of Women
• 3–6pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continued) – Conference Room 4

Friday, 14 March

• 10am–1pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continued) – Conference Room 4
• 1pm – Deadline for submission of draft proposals under agenda item 3 to the Secretariat
• 3–6pm – Ministerial segment (Item 3) – Conference Room 4
  • High-level interactive dialogue – “Beijing@30”: a dialogue with youth representatives

Note: The Bureau recommends that the ministerial segment conclude on Friday, 14 March 2025, at 6pm.

Second week

Monday, 17 March

• 10am–1pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continued) – Conference Room 4
• 3–4.30pm – Interactive dialogue – Inclusive development, shared prosperity and decent work – Conference Room 4
• 4.30–6pm – Interactive dialogue – Poverty eradication, social protection and social services – Conference Room 4

Tuesday, 18 March                      

• 10–11.30am – Interactive dialogue – Freedom from violence, stigma and stereotypes – Conference Room 4
• 11.30am–1pm – Interactive dialogue – Participation, accountability and gender-responsive institutions – Conference Room 4
• 3–6pm – Interactive dialogue – Accelerating the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: the role of the Commission on the Status of Women – Conference Room 4

Wednesday, 19 March               

• 10~10.15am – Communications concerning the status of women (Item 4) – Consideration of the report of the Working Group on Communications on the Status of Women (closed meeting) – Conference Room 4
• ~10.15am–1pm – General discussion (Item 3) (continuation and conclusion) – Conference Room 4
• 3–4.30pm – Interactive dialogue – Environmental conservation, protection and rehabilitation – Conference Room 4
• 4.30–6pm – Interactive dialogue – Peaceful and inclusive societies – Conference Room 4

Thursday, 20 March

• No formal meetings to take place
• Negotiations on the multi-year programme of work (if needed)

Friday, 21 March              

• 10am–1pm – Conference Room 4
  • Introduction of draft proposals (Item 3)
  • Action on draft proposals (Item 3)
  • Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (Item 5)
  • Provisional agenda for the seventieth session of the Commission (Item 6)
  • Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-ninth session (Item 7)
  • Closure of the sixty-ninth session
  • Opening of the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
  • Election of the Bureau of the seventieth session