events
UN AND BRITISH GOVERNMENT LAUNCH BUSINESS PUSH FOR MDGs
events
THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES
story highlights
The 38th Session of the Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was held from 14 May to 1 June 2007 at UN headquarters in New York, US.
The Committee, set up to monitor compliance with an international treaty on the issue, reviewed country reports from Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab […]
The 38th Session of the Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was held from 14 May to 1 June 2007 at UN headquarters in New York, US.
The Committee, set up to monitor compliance with an international treaty on the issue, reviewed country reports from Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic and Vanuatu. The Committee’s Chairperson, Dubravka Simonovic, indicated that the reports provided an opportunity for each State Party to establish a baseline for its compliance with the Convention. The Committee agreed that it will hold three annual sessions as a permanent measure. The 39th Session is scheduled to meet from 23 July to 10 August 2007, and will mark the occasion of the Committee’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
Links to further information
CEDAW
UN News Centre, 14 May 2007
UN ECOSOC Press release, 14 May 2007
UN ECOSOC Press release, 1 June 2007