E/CN.6/L.708
Egypt: Amendment to Article 21 of the Convention (E/CN.6/591)
| UN Document Symbol | E/CN.6/L.708 |
|---|---|
| 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
Distr.
LIMITED
E/CN.6/L.708
9 December 1976
Originals: ENGLISH
ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OP WOMEN Resumed twenty-sixth session Agenda item 3 (a)
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO THE STATUS OF WOMEN
DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Egypt: Amendment to Article 21 of the Convention (E/CN.6/591)
1. Each State Party undertakes to promote the establishment at the national level of procedures aimed at achieving progressively the full realization of the rights recognized in the present Convention.
2. Every two years following this Convention's entry into force, each State Party undertakes to submit to the group established under paragraph 3 of the present article, reports on the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures that it has adopted in implementing the provisions of the present Convention.
3. The Commission on the Status of Women shall appoint every four years on the basis of equitable geographical distribution a group of ten members of the Commission who are also representatives of States Parties to the present Convention who will work in their personal capacity, to consider reports submitted by States Parties and to transmit suggestions and general recommendations based on their examination of the reports to the Commission on the Status of "omen.
4. If among the members of the Commission on the Status of Women there are less than ten such representatives the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, after consulting the States Parties to the Convention, designate enough representatives of the States Parties which are not members of the Commission on the Status of Women
to participate in the work of the group established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article until such time as representatives of the States Parties to the Convention are elected to the Commission on the Status of Women. 5. The group will meet for a period of not more than two weeks before the opening of the regular session of the Status of Women to consider the reports submitted.
GE.76-92086
