situation of Palestinian women and children, in the light of the recent tragic developments in the occupied Palestinian territories; 5. Requests the Commission on the Status of Women to monitor the implementation of paragraph 260 of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, concerning assistance to Palestinian women inside and outside the occupied territories; 6. Reaffirms that Palestinian women, as part of a nation whose people are prevented from exercising their basic human and political rights, cannot participate in the implementation of the objectives of the Forward-looking Strategies, namely equality, development and peace, without the realization of their inalienable right to return to their homes, the right to self-determination and the right to establish an independent State in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions. 30/ Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations psublication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A. -23-DRAFT RESOLUTION XII Elimination of discrimination against women in accordance with the aims of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women* The Economic and Social Council, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 42/60 of 30 November 1987 and 42/105 of 7 December 1987 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/18 of 26 May 1987, Noting the decisions of the fourth meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Noting resolution 32/1 of 16 March 1988 31/ adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women in response to the request contained in Economic and Social Council decision 1987/112 of 6 February 1987, Recalling the emphasis placed by the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, 