text: (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of Palestinian women living within and outside the occupied Arab territories (E/CN.6/1988/8 and Corr.1); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on physical violence against detained women that is specific to their sex (E/CN.6/1988/9). The Commission also had before it, for information, the following documents: (a) Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its fifth and sixth sessions (A/41/45 and Corr.land A/42/38); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women (A/42/528); (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (A/42/627). 69. In introducing the item, the Director of the Branch for the Advancement of Women noted that each of the reports had a common goal: to monitor the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women. The Commission should give directions and precise advice on some reports and undertake a general review of others. She drew the Commission's attention to the Secretary-General's report on the reporting system for monitoring and review and appraisal of progre~s in the advancement of women, which was based on a request to the Secretariat by the Economic and Social Council to propose a system that would be efficient, simple and inexpensive. 70. She noted that the world survey on the role of women in development represented a major step in the assessment of the role women played in development. In examining the first draft of the update, the Commission should determine if the questions it raised were the correct ones and were a recommendation on the periodicity of updating of the survey. Should it be decided -66-to update the world survey every five years, an updated version would be available 
analysis: The text appears to be related to the advancement of women and the monitoring of the implementation of strategies for their empowerment. It discusses reports on various topics, including violence against women, discrimination, and the role of women in development. These topics are more likely to be related to social and human rights issues rather than economic development or other categories.