Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

509^th Meeting (AM)

TOTAL RATIFICATION OF WOMEN’S CONVENTION BY COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA,

CARIBBEAN IS WELCOMED BY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Background Release

REPORTS FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES TO BE REVIEWED AT THREE-WEEK SESSION

OF UN COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

New York Meeting Will Review Implementation of Convention

By Andorra, Guinea, Singapore, Guyana, Netherlands, Viet Nam, Sweden, Nicaragua

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO EXAMINE SITUATION

OF RURAL WOMEN, GLOBALIZATION

New York, 29 May (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), will convene an expert group meeting on the "Situation of rural women within the context of globalization" in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from

Commission on the Status of Women

Resumed Forty-fifth Session

18^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on the Status of Women

Resumed Forty-fifth Session

17^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

16^th Meeting (AM)* and Round-up

WOMEN’S COMMISSION SUSPENDS SESSION; ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN,

HOSTAGE-TAKING, DISCRIMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

14^th Meeting (AM)*

WOMEN’S COMMISSION CONSIDERS DECISION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNICATIONS METHODS

AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEIJING ACTION PLAN AND SPECIAL SESSION DOCUMENT

Commission on Status of Women                         WOM/1279

Forty-fifth Session                                   13 March 2001

12^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER PERSPECTIVE NEEDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO COUNTER

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release WOM/1278 of 13 March, the name of the representative of Israel speaking in right of reply should be Ron Adam.  His statement should read as follows:

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER PERSPECTIVE NEEDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO COUNTER

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD