Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee to Meet at UNThe Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its 24th session at the UN headquarters in New York from January 15 to February 2, 2001, the United Nations said on Tuesday.The 23 experts of CEDAW, who serve in their personal capacities, have been monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979 and came into force in 1981. The convention, which as of December 31, 2000 has been ratified or acceded to by 166 countries, requires states parties to eliminate discrimination against women in the enjoyment of all civil, political, economic and cultural rights. Since 1997, the committee has met twice annually. At this forthcoming session, the committee will review the reports of eight states parties to the convention. Countries that have ratified or acceded to the convention are legally bound to put its provisions into practice. They are also committed to submitting national reports, one year after becoming a state party and then at least once every four years thereafter, on measures they have taken to comply with their treaty obligations. To date, the committee has considered 107 initial, 76 second, 52 third, 18 fourth and two fifth reports. |
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