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FOURTH WORLD                                                 Distr.
CONFERENCE ON WOMEN                                          GENERAL

                                                             A/CONF.177/10
                                                             26 July 1995
Beijing, China
4-15 September 1995                                          ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Item 8 (a) of the provisional agenda*

     *   A/CONF.177/1.


                GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE SECOND REVIEW AND
                APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAIROBI
                FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
                            WOMEN TO THE YEAR 2000

           Preliminary report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on
              violence against women, its causes and consequences

           Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional
             Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children

                            Note by the Secretariat


1.   The Commission on Human Rights and its Subcommission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of Minorities respectively requested that copies
of two reports be made available to the Conference pursuant to paragraph 11 of
Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/85, entitled "The elimination of
violence against women", and paragraph 5 of Subcommission resolution 1994/30,
entitled "Traditional practices affecting the health of women and children".

2.   The two reports are therefore being made available to the Conference
under the following titles and document numbers:

     (a) Preliminary report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on violence
against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, in
accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/45
(E/CN.4/1995/42);

     (b) Plan of Action for the Elimination of Harmful Traditional Practices
affecting the Health of Women and Children (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/10/Add.1 and
Corr.1).

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