The CEDAW Committee celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on Monday, 23 July 2007, 11.15 a.m. to 1 p.m. at UNHQ, New York.

The Committee held its first session in October 1982. Its past and present members, as well as its chairpersons, have come from all regions. The Committee’s Bureau serves for two-year terms.

Speakers

A panel of high-level guests addressed the Committee on the occasion of its anniversary, as follows:

• Ms. Dubravka Šimonović (Statement)
  Chairperson, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa (Statement)
  President of the 61st session of the General Assembly
• Ms. Louise Arbour (Statement)
  United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Ms. Rachel Mayanja (Statement)
  Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
• Mr. Julio Peralta (Statement)
  Vice-Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women
• Ms. Jackie Shapiro (Statement)
  NGO Committee on the Status of Women
• Ms. Sapana Pradhan Malla (Statement)
  IWRAW Asia Pacific
• Ms. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling (Statement)
  CEDAW Expert

Press Releases

• Audio: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Celebrates its 25th Anniversary - United Nations Radio News Service [ E ] - 23 July 2007
• Session Commemorating Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Highlights Achievements Of Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee [ E F ] - 23 July 2007
• United Nations Committee Monitoring Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women To Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Anniversary [ E F ] - 20 July 2007

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