Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/39/130View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1980–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/131

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/131	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	125	85%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/138	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	131	85%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/131	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	138	8%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/138	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1,610	68%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/218	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1,665	84%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2001–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/93	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/131
2015	A/70/124	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/138
2013	A/68/121	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/131
2011	A/66/99	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/138
2009	A/64/342	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/218

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Gender Discrimination Language Services Meeting Records Periodic Reports Reporting Procedures Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties Women's Status

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Notes with appreciation the increasing number of Member States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;

Invites States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention by ratifying or acceding to it;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit annually to the General Assembly a report on the status of the Convention;

Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its second and third sessions and commends the Committee for its work;

Emphasizes the importance of the strictest compliance by States parties with their obligations under the Convention;

Requests States parties to make all possible efforts to submit their initial implementation reports in accordance with article 18 of the Convention, bearing in mind the Committee's general guidelines regarding the form and contents of such reports;

Requests the Committee, in organizing its work, to ensure that the reports of States parties are adequately reviewed within the quadrennial cycle envisaged in the Convention;

Takes note of the discussion in the Committee concerning the inclusion in the agenda of a future session of an item on the discussion of article 21 of the Convention, specifically the provision that the Committee may make suggestions and general recommendations based on the examination of reports; 163

Authorizes the provision and distribution in all official languages of the United Nations of summary records of the meetings of the Committee and requests the Secretary- General to take appropriate measures to that end;

Invites the Committee to consider, in the light of this authorization of the provision and distribution of summary records of its meetings on a regular basis, the format and content of its future reports, bearing in mind

para. 360.

the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 37/14 C of 16 November 1982.

JO 1 st plenary meeting

14 December 1984

160 A/39/486.

162 /bid., Thirty-eighth Session. Supplement No. 45 (N38/45), annex III. 161 01/icial Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-ninth Session, Supple- 163 /bid., Thirty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 45 (A/39/45), vol. II, ment No. 45 (A/39/45), vols. I and II.

164 See E/CN.4/l 984/3-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/43 and Corr. I and 2. chap 165 See E/CN.4/Sub.c, 1984128. XXI, sect. A.

166 See E/C'N.4/1985 1-EiC'N.4/Sub.2/1984/43. chap. IX.

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