United Nations General Assembly 61st session
President

Second Informal Thematic Debate
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

The second informal thematic debate took place on 6 and 7 March 2007.

INFORMAL SUMMARY

• INFORMAL SUMMARY OF THE INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE ON GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN [PDF]
  

PROGRAMME

• PROGRAMME FOR THE INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE ON GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

WEBCASTS

Archived webcasts in RealPlayer format are available:

• 8 March: Debate on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
• English - 57 minutes
• Original Language - 57 minutes
• 7 March: PM Session Debate
• English - 2 hours and 7 minutes
• Original Language - 2 hours and 7 minutes
• 7 March: AM Session Panel discussions on empowerment of women, including microfinance
• English - 2 hours and 42 minutes
• Original Language - 2 hours and 42 minutes
• 6 March: Panel discussions on women in decision-making
• English - 3 hours and 2 minutes
• Original Language - 3 hours and 2 minutes
• 6 March: AM Session Debate
• English - 3 hours and 6 minutes
• Original Language - 3 hours and 6 minutes

STATEMENTS

• CONCLUDING REMARKS BY HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA AT THE INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON "THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN"
  8 MARCH 2007
  
  
• STATEMENT BY HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA AT THE INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON "THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN"
  6 MARCH 2007

LETTERS

• LETTER TO ALL PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND PERMANENT OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK [PDF] Regarding the informal summary of the proceedings of the informal thematic debate on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women available for download here: INFORMAL SUMMARY [PDF]
  20 MARCH 2007
  
  
• LETTER TO ALL PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND PERMANENT OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK [PDF] Regarding the informal thematic debate on the Promotion of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and ANNEX I - PROGRAMME and ANNEX II - NGOs
  1 MARCH 2007
  
  
• LETTER BY THE PRESIDENT TO ALL PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND PERMANENT OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK [PDF] Regarding the programme for the informal thematic debate on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and PROGRAMME [PDF]
  8 FEBRUARY 2007
  
  
• LETTER BY THE PRESIDENT TO ALL PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND PERMANENT OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK [PDF] Regarding the informal thematic debate on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN DECISION-MAKING [PDF] and MICROFINANCE AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN [PDF]
  31 JANUARY 2007
  
  
• LETTER BY THE PRESIDENT TO ALL PERMANENT MEMBERS STATES AND PERMANENT OBSERVERS REGARDING THE SECOND INFORMAL THEMATIC DEBATE [PDF]
  21 DECEMBER 2006