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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/70/131View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 29aAdvancement of women, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1980–2016
  • 2016A/RES/70/131Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/68/138Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/66/131Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenCompare with previous version
  • 2010A/RES/64/138Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenCompare with previous version
  • 2008A/RES/62/218Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Gender DiscriminationWomen's RightsWomen's Status

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2017.

  • 2017A/72/93Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;
2
Also welcomes the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its fifty-eighth to sixtieth sessions;
3
Invites the Chair of the Committee to address and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-first and seventy-second sessions under the item on the advancement of women;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session a report on the status of the Convention.

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