Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

550^th Meeting (AM)

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS 27TH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 3 - 21 JUNE

Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties

NEW YORK, 30 May (Division for Advancement of Women) -- The twenty-seventh session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 21 June 2002.

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE MEETS IN SWEDEN

TO DISCUSS WORKING METHODS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

16^th Meeting*(AM)

CONSENSUS RESOLUTION ON WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN APPROVED

BY WOMEN'S COMMISSION, AS IT CONCLUDES FORTY-SIXTH SESSION

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

12^th Meeting* (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN APPROVES THREE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, TWO DECISIONS,

INCLUDING TEXTS ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN WOMEN, WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

14^th Meeting* (PM)

WOMEN'S COMMISSION ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS,

AS IT ADJOURNS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION

Fails to Act on Afghanistan Resolution

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

9^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION HEARS INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT TEXTS CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN,

PALESTINE, HIV/AIDS, HOSTAGES, GENDER POLICIES

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS URGE STATES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION

TO END IMMUNITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

8^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP

TO 2001 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SESSION

Also Briefed by Population, Sustainable Development Divisions

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES TO REPORTING PROCEDURES

ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

The Commission on the Status of Women continued its forty-seventh session this morning with a discussion on how to improve its communications procedure for reports about violations of women’s human rights.