THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 5. The Commission considered item 3 of its agenda at its 5th, 6th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th meetings, on 16, 18, 21 and 23 March 1988. It had before it the following documents: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the programme performance of the United Nations for the biennium 1984-1985 (A/41/318 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1) and the comments of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination (A/41/38 and Corr.2, paras. 58-70); (b) Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the work of the United Nations in integrating women effectively in economic development programmes and activities (A/42/273-E/1987/74 and Add.1); (c) Note by the Secretary-General on the preparation of the next medium-term plan (A/42/512); (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat (A/C.5/42/24); (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the scope and general approach of the cross-organizational programme analysis of the activities of the United Nations system related to the advancement of women (E/AC.51/1988/2); (f) Note by the Secretary-General on arrangements for implementing the system-wide medium-term plan for women and development (E/CN.6/1988/10); (g) Note by the Secretariat on the draft proposal for the third revision of the medium-term plan for the period 1984-1989 to cover the period 1990-1991 in the area of advancement of women (E/CN.6/1988/CRP.1); (h) Note by the Secretariat on the proposed programme budget for the 1988-1989 biennium with regard to the Branch for the Advancement of Women (E/CN.6/1988/CRP.4). The Commission also had before it, for information, the report of the Secretary-General on co-ordination in the United Nations and the United Nations system (A/42/232-E/1987/68) and the system-wide medium-term plan for women and development (E/1987/52). 6. In introducing the.item, the Director of the Branch for the Advancement of 