{"id":196358,"date":"2008-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196358"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:11:46","slug":"auto-insert-196358","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196358\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancement of women &#8211; GA Third Cttee debate &#8211; Press release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"37%\" rowspan=\"2\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27102%27%20height%3D%27100%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20102%20100%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27102%27%20height%3D%27100%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/477fb066bfb45bf8852574e3004c815c_image0.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"100px\" width=\"102px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"62%\" valign=\"center\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:20pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>General Assembly<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>GA\/SHC\/3919<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"62%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align:center;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"1px\" color=\"#f79e18\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#418ecb;text-align:center;font-size:6pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Department of Public Information &#8226; News and Media Division &#8226; New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Sixty-third General Assembly <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Third Committee <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">10<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;&amp; 11<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:5pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">&nbsp;Meetings (AM &amp; PM)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>UNEVEN SUCCESS ACHIEVING GENDER PARITY SIGNALS NEED FOR STRENGTHENED COMPLIANCE<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCERNING WOMEN&#8217;S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>Discussion on Advancement of Women Continues;<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;margin-left:40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong><u>Texts on Social Development, Criminal Justice Introduced<\/u><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Uneven success among States in achieving gender parity signaled a need for stricter compliance with international agreements dealing with women&#8217;s rights, said speakers in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as they continued their discussion on the advancement of women.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Background<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met today to continue its discussion on the advancement of women (documents before the Committee on that topic are summarized in Press Release <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/News\/Press\/docs\/2008\/gashc3918.doc.htm\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">GA\/SHC\/3918<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>Statements<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">MAJDI RAMADAN ( <u>Lebanon<\/u>)&#8230; <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230; Creating an enabling environment conducive to the advancement of women required special attention to women in conflict situations and under foreign occupation.&#160; In that regard, Israel, the occupying power of Arab lands, should be held accountable for its obligations under humanitarian law, human rights law and international law&#8230; <\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">WARIF HALABI ( <u>Syria<\/u>)&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Syria had also implemented a number of programmes to assist women living in occupied territories &#8230; 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