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E/CN.6/L.702

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: amendment to the draft Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (E/CN.6/591 and Add.1)

UN Document Symbol E/CN.6/L.702
Convention Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Document Type Amendment
Session Resumed 26th
Type Document
Description

1 p.

Subjects Women

Extracted Text

UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC Distr. LIMITED
AND E/CN.6/L.702
7 December 1976
SOCIAL COUNCIL original: ENGLISH
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN resumed twenty-sixth session Agenda item 3 (a)
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO THE STATUS OF WOMEN
DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELEMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Kingdom of great Britain of Great and Northern Ireland:
draft Convention on the forms of discrimination
amendment to the draft
elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (E/CN.6/591 and Add.1)

Preamble
Add the following as paragraph 6 of the preamble:
"Concerned particularly that scientific and technological progress
ha® in general improved the potential for employment and the development: of new skill hut without benefiting women to the same extent as MEN".