CEDAW 30^th Session


12 to 30 January 2004

The Committee held its thirtieth session at United Nations Headquarters on 12-30 January 2004.

Provisional Agenda
[ Arabic | Chinese | English | France | Russian | Spanish ]

Opening of the session
[ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

Adoption of the report of the Committee on its thirtieth session
[ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

Countries Reporting

The following is a list of country reports, including issues and questions from States Parties that were examined during this session:

(all documents are in PDF format and are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish):

The combined fourth through sixth periodic reports of Belarus
         CEDAW/C/BLR/4-6      [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
           Summary record of the 643th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 644th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The combined initial through third periodic reports of Bhutan
         CEDAW/C/BTN/1-3   [ A C E F R S ]
         CEDAW/C/BTN/1-6/Corr.1   [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 636th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 641st meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Ethiopia
         CEDAW/C/ETH/4-5   [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 645th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 646th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The fifth periodic report of Germany
         CEDAW/C/DEU/5   [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 639th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 640th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The combined initial and second periodic reports of Kuwait
         CEDAW/C/KWT/1-2   [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 634th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 635th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 642nd meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan
         CEDAW/C/KGZ/2   [ A C E F R S ]
         CEDAW/C/KGZ/2/Add.1   [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 632nd meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 633th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The combined second and third periodic reports of Nepal
         CEDAW/C/NPL/2-3   [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 630th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 631st meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

The combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Nigeria
         CEDAW/C/NGA/4-5   [ A C E F R S ]
         Issues and Questions  [ A C E F R S ]
         Summary record of the 637th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]
         Summary record of the 638th meeting
         [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

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Official Documents

• CEDAW/C/2004/I/1 [ A C E F R S ]
  Provisional Agenda
  
  
• CEDAW/C/2004/I/2 [ A C E F R S ]
  Status of submission of reports by States parties under article 18 of the Convention, Report of the Secretary-General
  
  
• CEDAW/C/2004/I/4 [ A C E F R S ]
  Ways and means of expediting the work of the Committee,
  Report of the secretariat
  
  
• CEDAW/C/2004/I/4/Add.1 [ A C E F R S ]
  Overview of the current working methods of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Note by the secretariat
  
  
• CEDAW/C/2004/I/4/Add.2 [ A C E F R S ]
  Enhancing the working methods of the Committee under article 18 of the Convention, Parallel working groups for the consideration of periodic reports, Note by the secretariat
  
• CEDAW/PSWG/2004/I/CRP.1 [ A C E F R S ]
  Report of the pre-session working group
  

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[ A/59/38 (SUPP) ] Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: thirtieth session (12-30 January 2004) and thirty-first session (6-23 July 2004)
Alailable in 6 UN languages:
[ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

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Statements

• Ms. Angela E.V. King
  
• Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo
  
• Ms. Carolyn Hannan
  
• Ms. Feride Acar
  
• Ms. Angela E.V. King, closing statement
  
• Ms. Feride Acar, closing statement
  

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Press Releases

• [30 January 2004] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION



• [26 January 2004] ETHIOPIA COMMENDED FOR POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION, DESPITE FACING POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS, MILITARY CONFLICT



• [23 January 2004] CAMPAIGN NEEDED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD



• [22 January 2004] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS REPLIES TO EXPERTS' QUESTIONS FROM BHUTAN, KUWAIT



• [21 January 2004] AS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY, GOVERNMENT EMPHASIZES RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE AS 'POLITICAL PRIORITY'



• [20 January 2004] TRIPARTITE LEGAL SYSTEM HINDERS PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA, SAY EXPERTS ON WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE



• [16 January 2004] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF BHUTAN



• [15 January 2004] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORT OF KUWAIT



• [14 January 2004] FOUNDATIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN KYRGYZSTAN, ACCORDING TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE



• [13 January 2004] PROCESS OF WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT WELL UNDER WAY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONSIDERS NEPAL'S REPORT



• [12 January 2004] COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS THREE-WEEK SESSION



• [8 January 2004] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS THIRTIETH SESSION IN NEW YORK, 12 - 30 JANUARY (Background press release)

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