VI. WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPLSMSNTING ARTICLE 21 OF THE CCNVSNTION on the revor&.& 391. At its 187th meeting, on 31 January, the Committee considered item 6 of its agenda on the basis of a report from Working Group II. In presenting the report, the coordinator of the Working Group noted that it had reviewed four draft general recommendations that had been deferred by the Committee at its .~~--~-ninth session 81 on unpaid women workers of family enterprises, recognition of unremunerated contribution of women to the gross national product, women workers in enterprises, and women in development aid. It had also had before it two draft general recommendations that had been submitted by members at the tenth aession concerning teacher training on equality issues, and elderly and disabled women. The Working Group had also discussed a proposal relating to procedures for preparing suggestions and general recommendations. --398. The Working Group had agreed to submit to the Committee for its approval m~three draft general recommendations on unpaid women workers in rural and urban -family enterprises, the measurement and quantification of the unremunerated~ -domestic activities of women ana their recognition in the gross national product, and disabled women. -----399. The Working Group had further agreed that the issues of other draft general recommendations on development aid and women’s role in development, ~teacher training on equality issues, and women workers in enterprises, which had been accepted as topics but which could not be discussed by the Working Group in detail because of time constraints, should be carried over to the eleventh session. Furthermore, the Working Group considered that the recommendation on development aid and women’s role in development should have -priority at that session. 400. The Working Group haa studied the proposal submitted by one member and had agreed that the research process underlying the preparation of suggestions .and general recommendations to be prepared by Working Group II could be improved along the lines that the expert had suggested. -401. The Working Group had expressed its appreciation for the support that it Chad received from the secretariat by making available, for the first time, two staff members from the Division for the Advancement of Women to serve as general resource and staff persons, which was deemed to be very useful for the Group’s work. It also had extended its appreciation to the representative of IL0 for having accepted the Working Group’s invitation to participate in its work and for her contribution, which had been of great assistance, 403. The Committee adopted the draft general recommendations 16 (X), entitled “Unpaid women workers in rural and urban family enterprises”, 17 (X), entitled %easurement and quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women and their recognition in the gross national product”, and 18 (X), entitled “Disabled women”. (For the full text of those recommendations, see chap. I of the present report.) -84-