The Eleventh Meeting of the States parties to the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women took place on 31 August 2000. The main
purpose of the meeting was the election of 11 Members of the Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women to replace those members whose terms were expiring on 31
December 2000. The terms of the other 12 Members of the Committee will expire on 31
December 2002. Committee members serve in their personal capacities.
One hundred and fifty-eight of the one hundred and sixty-five States parties to the
Convention cast valid votes. The following 11 individuals were elected: Ms. Sjiamsiah
Achmad (Indonesia; Ms. Françoise Gaspard (France); Ms. Fatima Kwaku (Federal
Republic of Nigeria); Mr. Göran Melander (Sweden); Ms. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro
(Tanzania); Ms. Heisoo Shin (Republic of Korea); and Ms. Regina Tavares de Silva
(Portugal). Ms. Feride Acar (Turkey); Ms. Yolanda Ferrer Gómez (Cuba); Ms. Aída
González Martínez (Mexico); and Ms. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling (Germany) were
re-elected.
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