Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

571^st and 572^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

ARMENIAN DELEGATION CITES EARTHQUAKE, BLOCKADE AMONG OBSTACLES

TO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

569^th and 570^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MEXICAN WOMEN STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT STEPS, COMMITTEE TOLD

Exceptional Session Concludes Consideration of First Country Report

Committee on Elimination of                                 WOM/1351/Rev.1*

 Discrimination against Women                               5 August 2002

Background Release

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS EXCEPTIONAL SESSION

IN NEW YORK FROM 5 TO 23 AUGUST 2002

CEDAW to Review Reports of 11 States Parties

An exceptional session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 23 August 2002.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

567^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Country Reports of Seven States Parties Considered; Provisional Agenda

For Extraordinary August Session, Twenty-Eighth Regular Session Adopted

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

565^th and 566^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS COMMEND TUNISIA’S ‘GREAT STRIDES FORWARD’

IN PROMOTING EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

563^rd Meeting (AM)

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ACKNOWLEDGES ABSENCE OF OFFICIAL POLICY

ON WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL LIFE

Committee Concludes Consideration

Of Country's Report on Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Convention

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women`

564^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE URGES SURINAME TO IMPLEMENT ANNOUNCED MEASURES FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Concluding Examination of Suriname’s Report,

Experts Stress Need for Action on Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

561^st and 562^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE COMMENDS DENMARK’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

559^th & 560^th Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERTS PRAISE BELGIUM'S INNOVATIVE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY,

URGE COORDINATION OF ACTION BY COUNTRY'S FEDERATED BODIES