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Committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
Distr. GENERAL
27 May 1997
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Seventeenth session
New York, 7-25 July 1997
Item 5 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, third or fourth periodic reports were overdue as at 31 May
1997.
3. Annex II to the present document lists the reports submitted by States
parties up to 31 May 1997 that have not yet been considered by the
Committee.
* CEDAW/C/1997/II/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
Albania 10 June 1995
Angola 17 October 1987
Bahamas 5 November 1994
Benin 11 April 1993
Bhutan 30 September 1982
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 October 1994
Brazil 2 March 1985
Burundi 7 February 1993
Cambodia 14 November 1993
Cameroon 22 September 1995
Cape Verde 3 September 1982
Central African Republic 21 July 1992
Chad 9 July 1996
Comoros 30 November 1995
Congo 25 August 1983
Costa Rica 4 May 1987
Cote d'Ivoire 17 January 1997
Dominica 3 September 1982
Eritrea 5 October 1996
Estonia 20 November 1992
Fiji 27 September 1996
Gambia 16 May 1994
Georgia 25 November 1995
Grenada 29 September 1991
Guinea 8 September 1983
Guinea-Bissau 22 September 1986
Haiti 3 September 1982
India 8 August 1994
Jordan 31 July 1993
Kuwait 2 October 1995
Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1982
Latvia 14 May 1993
Lesotho 21 September 1996
Liberia 16 August 1985
Liechtenstein 21 January 1997
Lithuania 17 February 1995
Malaysia 4 August 1996
Maldives 1 July 1994
Malta 7 April 1992
Nepal 22 May 1992
Pakistan 11 April 1997
Papua New Guinea 11 February 1996
Republic of Moldova 31 July 1995
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
Singapore 4 November 1996
South Africa 14 January 1997
Suriname 31 March 1994
Tajikistan 25 October 1994
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 17 February 1995
Togo 26 October 1984
Trinidad and Tobago 11 February 1991
Uzbekistan 18 August 1996
Vanuatu 8 October 1996
B. Second periodic reports
Angola 17 October 1991
Benin 11 April 1997
Bhutan 30 September 1986
Bolivia 8 July 1995
Brazil 2 March 1989
Burkina Faso 13 November 1992
Burundi 7 February 1997
Cape Verde 3 September 1986
Central African Republic 21 July 1996
Congo 25 August 1987
Costa Rica 4 May 1991
Czech Republic 24 March 1997
Dominica 3 September 1986
Estonia 20 November 1996
Gabon 20 February 1988
Grenada 29 September 1995
Guinea 8 September 1987
Guinea-Bissau 22 September 1990
Guyana 3 September 1986
Haiti 3 September 1986
Iraq 12 September 1991
Ireland 22 January 1991
Jamaica 18 November 1989
Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1986
Latvia 14 May 1997
Liberia 16 August 1989
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 15 June 1994
Madagascar 16 April 1994
Malawi 11 April 1992
Mali 10 October 1990
Malta 7 April 1996
Nepal 22 May 1996
Netherlands 22 August 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 May 1990
Saint Lucia 7 November 1987
Sierra Leone 11 December 1993
Togo 26 October 1988
Trinidad and Tobago 11 February 1995
Uruguay 8 November 1986
Viet Nam 19 March 1987
Zimbabwe 12 June 1996
C. Third periodic reports
Angola 17 October 1995
Belgium 9 August 1994
Bhutan 30 September 1990
Brazil 2 March 1993
Burkina Faso 13 November 1996
Cape Verde 3 September 1990
Congo 25 August 1991
Costa Rica 4 May 1995
Cyprus 22 August 1994
Dominica 3 September 1990
El Salvador 18 September 1990
France 13 January 1993
Gabon 20 February 1992
Ghana 1 February 1995
Guatemala 11 September 1991
Guinea 8 September 1991
Guinea-Bissau 22 September 1994
Guyana 3 September 1990
Haiti 3 September 1990
Iceland 3 July 1994
Iraq 12 September 1995
Ireland 22 January 1995
Italy 10 July 1994
Jamaica 18 November 1993
Kenya 8 April 1993
Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1990
Liberia 16 August 1993
Malawi 11 April 1996
Mali 10 October 1994
Mauritius 8 August 1993
Mongolia 3 September 1990
New Zealand 9 February 1994
Paraguay 6 May 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25 May 1994
Saint Lucia 7 November 1991
Senegal 7 March 1994
Sri Lanka 4 November 1990
Togo 26 October 1992
Tunisia 20 October 1994
Uganda 21 August 1994
Uruguay 8 November 1990
Viet Nam 19 March 1991
Yugoslavia 28 March 1991
Zaire 16 November 1995
Zambia 21 July 1994
D. Fourth periodic reports
Australia 27 August 1996
Barbados 3 September 1994
Belarus 3 September 1994
Bhutan 30 September 1994
Brazil 2 March 1997
Bulgaria 10 March 1995
Cape Verde 3 September 1994
Colombia 18 February 1995
Congo 25 August 1995
Cuba 3 September 1994
Dominica 3 September 1994
Dominican Republic 2 October 1995
Ecuador 9 December 1994
Egypt 18 October 1994
El Salvador 18 September 1994
Ethiopia 10 October 1994
France 13 January 1997
Gabon 20 February 1996
Greece 7 July 1996
Guatemala 11 September 1995
Guinea 8 September 1995
Guyana 3 September 1994
Haiti 3 September 1994
Honduras 2 April 1996
Hungary 3 September 1994
Kenya 8 April 1997
Lao People's Democratic Republic 13 September 1994
Mongolia 3 September 1994
Nicaragua 26 November 1994
Panama 28 November 1994
Poland 3 September 1994
Portugal 3 September 1994
Romania 6 February 1995
Rwanda 3 September 1994
Saint Lucia 7 November 1995
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 September 1994
Spain 4 February 1997
Sri Lanka 4 November 1994
Togo 26 October 1996
Ukraine 3 September 1994
Uruguay 8 November 1994
Venezuela 1 June 1996
Viet Nam 19 March 1995
Yugoslavia 28 March 1995
Annex II
STATES PARTIES THE REPORTS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED
BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE
ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
State party Date due Date received Document number
A. Initial reports
Antigua and 31 August 1990 21 September 1994 CEDAW/C/ANT/1-3
Barbuda a/
Armenia a/ 13 October 1994 30 November 1994 CEDAW/C/ARM/1
10 February 1997 CEDAW/C/ARM/1/Corr.1
Azerbaijan 9 August 1996 11 September 1996 CEDAW/C/AZE/1
Belize 15 June 1991 19 June 1996 CEDAW/C/BLZ/1-2
Croatia 9 October 1993 10 January 1995 CEDAW/C/CRO/1
Czech Republic 24 March 1994 30 October 1995 CEDAW/C/CZE/1
Israel a/ 2 November 1992 7 April 1997 CEDAW/C/ISR/1-2
Luxembourg a/ 4 March 1990 13 November 1996 CEDAW/C/LUX/1
Namibia a/ 23 December 1993 4 November 1996 CEDAW/C/NAM/1
Slovakia 27 June 1994 29 April 1996 CEDAW/C/SVK/1
Zaire 16 November 1987 1 March 1994 CEDAW/C/ZAR/1
Zimbabwe 12 June 1992 28 April 1996 CEDAW/C/ZWE/1
B. Second periodic reports
Antigua and 31 August 1994 21 September 1994 CEDAW/C/ANT/1-3
Barbuda a/
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
Belize 15 June 1995 19 June 1996 CEDAW/C/BLZ/1-2
Bulgaria 10 March 1987 6 September 1994 CEDAW/C/BGR/2-3
Chile 6 January 1995 9 March 1995 CEDAW/C/CHI/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
Germany 9 August 1990 8 October 1996 CEDAW/C/DEU/2-3
Greece 7 July 1988 1 March 1996 CEDAW/C/GRC/2-3
Indonesia 13 October 1989 6 February 1997 CEDAW/C/IDN/2-3
Israel a/ 2 November 1996 7 April 1997 CEDAW/C/ISR/1-2
Italy a/ 10 July 1990 1 March 1994 CEDAW/C/ITA/2
Luxembourg a/ 4 March 1994 8 April 1997 CEDAW/C/LUX/2
Nigeria 13 July 1990 13 February 1997 CEDAW/C/NGA/2-3
Panama 28 November 1986 17 January 1997 CEDAW/C/PAN/2-3
Thailand 8 September 1990 3 March 1997 CEDAW/C/THA2-3
United Republic of
Tanzania 19 September 1990 25 September 1996 CEDAW/C/TZA/2-3
Zaire 16 November 1991 24 October 1996 CEDAW/C/ZAR/2
C. Third periodic reports
Antigua and 31 August 1998 21 September 1994 CEDAW/C/ANT/1-3
Barbuda a/
Argentina a/ 14 August 1994 1 October 1996 CEDAW/C/ARG/3
Australia a/ 27 August 1992 1 March 1995 CEDAW/C/AUL/3
Austria 30 April 1991 25 April 1997 CEDAW/C/AUT/3-4
Bangladesh a/ 6 December 1993 27 March 1997 CEDAW/C/BDG/3-4
Belarus 3 September 1990 1 July 1993 CEDAW/C/BLR/3
Bulgaria 10 March 1991 6 September 1994 CEDAW/C/BGR/2-3
China 3 September 1990 29 May 1997 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4
Dominican Republic 2 October 1991 26 April 1993 CEDAW/C/DOM/2-3
Egypt 18 October 1990 30 January 1996 CEDAW/C/EGY/3
Equatorial Guinea 22 November 1993 6 January 1994 CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3
Finland 4 October 1995 28 January 1997 CEDAW/C/FIN/3
Germany 9 August 1994 8 October 1996 CEDAW/C/DEU/2-3
Greece 7 July 1992 1 March 1996 CEDAW/C/GRC/2-3
Indonesia 13 October 1993 6 February 1997 CEDAW/C/IDN/2-3
Mexico 3 September 1990 1 December 1992 CEDAW/C/MEX/3
Nigeria 13 July 1994 13 February 1997 CEDAW/C/NGA/2-3
Panama 28 November 1990 17 January 1997 CEDAW/C/PAN/2-3
Peru 13 October 1991 25 November 1994 CEDAW/C/PER/3-4
Republic of Korea 26 January 1994 8 September 1994 CEDAW/C/KOR/3
Spain 4 February 1993 20 May 1996 CEDAW/C/ESP/3
Thailand 8 September 1994 3 March 1997 CEDAW/C/THA/2-3
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland 7 May 1995 16 August 1995 CEDAW/C/UK/3
United Republic of
Tanzania 19 September 1994 25 September 1996 CEDAW/C/TZA/2-3
D. Fourth periodic reports
Austria 30 April 1995 25 April 1997 CEDAW/C/AUT/3-4
Bangladesh a/ 6 December 1997 27 March 1997 CEDAW/C/BGD/3-4
China 3 September 1994 29 May 1997 CEDAW/C/CHN/3-4
Denmark 21 May 1996 9 January 1997 CEDAW/C/DEN/4
Mexico 3 September 1994 7 March 1997 CEDAW/C/MEX/4
Peru 13 October 1995 25 November 1994 CEDAW/C/PER/3-4
Sweden 3 September 1994 21 May 1996 CEDAW/C/SWE/4
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a/ To be considered by the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women at its seventeenth session, to be held in New
York from 7-25 July 1997.
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