***************************************************************** This document has been made available in electronic format by the United Nations. Reproduction and dissemination of the document - in electronic and/or printed format - is encouraged, provided acknowledgement is made of the role of the United Nations in making it available. ***************************************************************** UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/1995/2 31 October 1994 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Fourteenth session 16 January-3 February 1995 Item 6 of the provisional agenda* CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Status of submission of reports by States parties under article 18 of the Convention Report of the Secretary-General 1. Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women provides that States parties shall undertake to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for consideration by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, a report on the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures which they have adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention and on the progress made in this respect. Reports are to be submitted within one year after the entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned and thereafter at least every four years and further whenever the Committee so requests. 2. Rule 47 of the rules of procedure of the Committee provides that, at each session, the Secretary-General shall notify the Committee of the non-receipt of any report required from a State party under article 18 of the Convention. Annex I to the present document lists those States whose initial, second or third periodic reports were overdue as at 31 October 1994. 3. Annex II to the present document lists the reports submitted by States parties up to 31 October 1994 that have not yet been considered by the Committee. ________________________ * CEDAW/C/1995/1. Annex I STATES PARTIES THE REPORTS OF WHICH ARE DUE AND HAVE NOT YET BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN State party Date due A. Initial reports Angola 17 October 1987 Antigua and Barbuda 31 August 1990 Belize 15 June 1991 Benin 11 April 1993 Bhutan 30 September 1982 Brazil 2 March 1985 Burundi 7 February 1993 Cambodia 14 November 1993 Cape Verde 3 September 1982 Central African Republic 21 July 1992 Congo 25 August 1983 Costa Rica 4 May 1987 Croatia 9 October 1993 Dominica 3 September 1982 Estonia 20 November 1992 Grenada 29 September 1991 Guinea 8 September 1983 Guinea-Bissau 22 September 1986 Haiti 3 September 1982 Jordan 31 July 1993 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1982 Latvia 14 May 1993 Liberia 16 August 1985 Luxembourg 4 March 1990 Malta 7 April 1992 Namibia 23 December 1993 Nepal 22 May 1992 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 May 1986 Saint Lucia 7 November 1983 Samoa 25 October 1993 Seychelles 4 June 1993 Sierra Leone 11 December 1989 Togo 26 October 1984 Trinidad and Tobago 11 February 1991 Zimbabwe 12 June 1992 B. Second periodic reports Angola 17 October 1991 Bhutan 30 September 1986 Brazil 2 March 1989 Burkina Faso 13 November 1992 Cape Verde 3 September 1986 Congo 25 August 1987 Costa Rica 4 May 1991 Dominica 3 September 1986 Gabon 20 February 1988 Germany 9 August 1990 Greece 7 July 1988 Guinea 8 September 1987 Guinea-Bissau 22 September 1990 Guyana 3 September 1986 Haiti 3 September 1986 Indonesia 13 October 1989 Iraq 12 September 1991 Ireland 22 January 1991 Jamaica 18 November 1989 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1986 Liberia 16 August 1989 Malawi 11 April 1992 Mali 10 October 1990 Nigeria 13 July 1990 Panama 28 November 1986 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 May 1990 Saint Lucia 7 November 1987 Sierra Leone 11 December 1993 Thailand 8 September 1990 Togo 26 October 1988 United Republic of Tanzania 19 September 1990 Uruguay 8 November 1986 Viet Nam 19 March 1987 Zaire 16 November 1991 C. Third periodic reports Australia 27 August 1992 Austria 30 April 1991 Bhutan 30 September 1990 Brazil 2 March 1993 Cape Verde 3 September 1990 China 3 September 1990 Congo 25 August 1991 Dominica 3 September 1990 Egypt 18 October 1990 El Salvador 18 September 1990 France 13 January 1993 Gabon 20 February 1992 Greece 7 July 1992 Guatemala 11 September 1991 Guinea 8 September 1991 Guyana 3 September 1990 Haiti 3 September 1990 Indonesia 13 October 1993 Jamaica 18 November 1993 Kenya 8 April 1993 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1990 Liberia 16 August 1993 Mauritius 8 August 1993 Mongolia 3 September 1990 Panama 28 November 1990 Peru 13 October 1991 Saint Lucia 7 November 1991 Spain 4 February 1993 Sri Lanka 4 November 1990 Togo 26 October 1992 Uruguay 8 November 1990 Venezuela 1 June 1992 Viet Nam 19 March 1991 Yugoslavia 28 March 1991 Annex II STATES PARTIES THE REPORTS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BUT NOT YET CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN State party Date due Date received Document No. A. Initial reports Bolivia a/ 8 July 1991 8 July 1991 CEDAW/C/BOL/1 26 August 1993 CEDAW/C/BOL/1/Add.1 Chile a/ 6 January 1991 3 September 1991 CEDAW/C/CHI/1 Cyprus 22 August 1986 2 February 1994 CEDAW/C/CYP/1-2 Ethiopia 10 October 1982 22 April 1993 CEDAW/C/ETH/1-3 Iceland 18 July 1986 5 May 1993 CEDAW/C/ICE/1-2 Israel 2 November 1992 12 January 1994 CEDAW/C/ISR/1 Mauritius a/ 8 August 1985 23 February 1992 CEDAW/C/MAR/1-2 Paraguay 6 May 1988 4 June 1992 CEDAW/C/PAR/1-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a/ 3 September 1982 27 September 1991 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3 28 July 1994 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3/Add.1 Slovenia 5 August 1993 23 November 1993 CEDAW/C/SVN/1 Tunisia a/ 20 October 1986 17 September 1993 CEDAW/C/TUN/1-2 Uganda a/ 21 August 1986 1 June 1992 CEDAW/C/UGA/1-2 13 September 1994 CEDAW/C/UGA/1-2/Add.1 Zaire 16 November 1987 1 March 1994 CEDAW/C/ZAR/1 B. Second periodic reports Argentina a/ 14 August 1990 13 February 1992 CEDAW/C/ARG/2 27 May 1994 CEDAW/C/ARG/2/Add.1 19 August 1994 CEDAW/C/ARG/2/Add.2 Belgium 9 August 1990 9 February 1993 CEDAW/C/BEL/2 Bulgaria 10 March 1987 6 September 1994 CEDAW/C/BGR/2-3 Cuba 3 September 1986 13 March 1992 CEDAW/C/CUB/2-3 Cyprus 22 August 1990 2 February 1994 CEDAW/C/CYP/1-2 Dominican Republic 2 October 1987 26 April 1993 CEDAW/C/DOM/2-3 Equatorial Guinea 22 November 1989 6 January 1994 CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3 Ethiopia 10 October 1986 22 April 1993 CEDAW/C/ETH/1-3 Finland a/ 4 October 1991 9 February 1993 CEDAW/C/FIN/2 Iceland 18 July 1990 5 May 1993 CEDAW/C/ICE/1-2 Italy 10 July 1990 1 March 1994 CEDAW/C/ITA/2 Mauritius a/ 8 August 1989 23 January 1992 CEDAW/C/MAR/1-2 Paraguay 6 May 1992 4 June 1992 CEDAW/C/PAR/1-2 Peru a/ 13 October 1987 13 February 1990 CEDAW/C/13/Add.29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a 3 September 1986 27 September 1991 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3 28 July 1994 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3/Add.1 Tunisia a/ 20 October 1990 17 September 1993 CEDAW/C/TUN/1-2 Turkey 19 January 1991 7 February 1994 CEDAW/C/TUR/2 Uganda a/ 21 August 1990 1 June 1992 CEDAW/C/UGA/1-2 13 September 1994 CEDAW/C/UGA/1-2/Add.1 C. Third periodic reports Bangladesh 6 December 1993 26 January 1993 CEDAW/C/BDG/3 Belarus 3 September 1990 1 July 1993 CEDAW/C/BLR/3 Bulgaria 10 March 1991 6 September 1994 CEDAW/C/BGR/2-3 Canada 9 January 1991 9 September 1992 CEDAW/C/CAN/3 Cuba 3 September 1990 13 March 1992 CEDAW/C/CUB/2-3 Denmark 21 May 1992 7 May 1993 CEDAW/C/DEN/3 Dominican Republic 2 October 1991 26 April 1993 CEDAW/C/DOM/2-3 Equatorial Guinea 22 November 1993 6 January 1994 CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3 Ethiopia 10 October 1990 22 April 1993 CEDAW/C/ETH/1-3 Hungary 3 September 1990 4 April 1991 CEDAW/C/HUN/3 Mexico 3 September 1990 1 December 1992 CEDAW/C/MEX/3 Norway a/ 3 September 1990 25 January 1991 CEDAW/C/NOR/3 Philippines 4 September 1990 20 January 1993 CEDAW/C/PHI/3 Republic of Korea 26 January 1994 8 September 1994 CEDAW/C/KOR/3 Russian Federation a/ 3 September 1990 24 July 1991 CEDAW/C/USR/3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a 3 September 1990 27 September 1991 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3 28 July 1994 CEDAW/C/STV/1-3/Add.1 Ukraine 3 September 1990 31 May 1991 CEDAW/C/UKR/3 D. Fourth periodic reports Norway a/ 3 September 1994 1 September 1994 CEDAW/C/NOR/4 Russian Federation a/ 3 September 1994 1 September 1994 CEDAW/C/USR/4 ________________________ a/ To be considered by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its fourteenth session, to be held in New York from 16 January to 3 February 1995. -----