CEDAW/C/1997/3/Add.3 English Page 6 Report of UNESCO to the sixteenth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women I. INTRODUCTION 1. In accordance with article 22 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the specialized agencies are encouraged to submit a report on the implementation of the Convention in their fields of competence. In general, all UNESCO activities are concerned with the implementation of the Convention. The Committee has requested UNESCO to comment in particular on article 10 and its implementation in countries whose reports will be presented to the sixteenth session. The Committee also decided to study the articles of the Convention in greater detail at each session. At its sixteenth session it will concentrate on articles 2, 7 and 8. II. UNESCO DECISIONS RELATING TO WOMEN ADOPTED SINCE THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF CEDAW A. Establishment of the Unit for the Promotion of the Status of Women and Gender Equality 2. On 1 April 1996 the Director-General established the Unit for the Promotion of the Status of Women and Gender Equality. This Unit is to coordinate all UNESCO programmes relating to women. It is under the authority of a D1 official. B. Establishment of the Culture of Peace Programme 3. In July 1996 the Director-General established a Programme for Women and the Culture of Peace. It is responsible for implementing the appropriate paragraphs of the action programmes of the Fourth World Conference on Women. It is under the authority of a D1 official and has four tasks: (a) Follow-up to the UNESCO Statement on women's contribution to a culture of peace; (b) Cooperation with the United Nations system, Member States and non-governmental organizations in developing activities corresponding to objective E.4 of the Beijing Platform for Action, which is to "promote women's contribution to fostering a culture of peace"; (c) Developing programmes and encouraging reflection and exchange of experience on the functioning of gender-sensitive democratic systems; (d) Providing the Director-General with policy advice and analytical inputs that contribute to a dialogue between UNESCO, public authorities and representatives of civil society on the development of a culture of peace based on gender equality. /...