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ThemetingdiscussedGeneralAssemblydecision49/448of23December1994, EC! entitled"Considerationoftherequestfortherevisionofarticle20, " paragraph1,oftheConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscrimination # againstWomen",inwhichtheAssembly: $ 0  "...ontherecommendationoftheThirdCommittee,1/awarethatthe  & GovernmentsofDenmark,Finland,Iceland,NorwayandSwedenhavemadea ' writtenrequest2/fortherevisionofarticle20,paragraph1,ofthe  ( ConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainst U!S!) Women3/byreplacingthewords'normallymeetforaperiodofnotmore ""* thantwoweeksannuallyinorder'bythewords'meetannuallyforaperiod ""+ necessary',andhavingnotedthatarticle26oftheConventionstipulates ##, thattheGeneralAssemblyshalldecideuponthesteps,ifany,tobetaken ]$[$- inrespectofsucharequest,decided:(a)torequesttheStatesparties %%. totheConventiontoconsidertherequestforarevisionofarticle20, %%/ paragraph1,atthemeetingtobeconvenedin1995;and(b)torequestthe &&0 Statespartiesatthemeetingtolimitthescopeofanyrevisionofthe e'c'1 Conventiontoarticle20,paragraph1,thereof."'(%(2## 3.  Inresponsetogeneralrecommendation22,adoptedbytheCommitteeonthe ))4 EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenatitsfourteenthsession,inwhich m*k*5 itrecommendedthatthemeetingofStatespartiesreceiveanoralreportfrom /+-+6 theChairpersonoftheCommitteeonthedifficultiesfacedbytheCom_mittee_Ԁin ++7 9516377(E)190695""W#/... 7.5.: XpLXUX} XXXpL*9516377*U.  XUX} U.  ..;= _performingitsfunctions,themeeting,onanexceptionalbasis,hearda  statementbytheChairpersonoftheCommittee,Ms.IvankaCorti(Italy).  4.  Finlandintroducedadraftresolutionon"Proposedamendmenttoarticle20,  F paragraph1,oftheConventionontheEliminationofAllformsofDiscrimination   againstWomen",containedindocumentCEDAW/SP/1995/L.1onbehalfofAustralia,   Canada,CostaRica,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Ghana,Iceland,Ireland, Z  Israel,Italy,Latvia,Malta,Namibia,Netherlands,Nicaragua,Norway,Poland,  N Portugal,RepublicofKorea,Romania,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Turkey,United   RepublicofTanzaniaandZambia,subsequentlyjoinedbyArmenia,Bangladesh,    Bulgaria,BurkinaFaso,Cameroon,Colombia,DominicanRepublic,Estonia, b  Ethiopia,Hungary,Israel,Japan,Kenya,Lithuania,Madagascar,NewZealand, $V  Nigeria,Philippines,Samoa,Senegal,TunisiaandZimbabwe.Thedraft   resolutionreadasfollows:   0    "TheStatespartiestotheConventionontheEliminationofAllForms ,^  ofDiscriminationagainstWomen, ## 0    "RecallingGeneralAssemblyresolution49/164of23December1994on r  theConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainst 4f Women,(## 0    "Notingtheproposedrevisionofarticle20,paragraph1,ofthe z Conventionbyreplacingthewords'normallymeetforaperiodofnotmore <n thantwoweeksannuallyinorder'bythewords'meetannuallyforaperiod 0 necessary'putforwardbytheGovernmentsofDenmark,Finland,Iceland,  NorwayandSweden,inaccordancewitharticle26oftheConvention,## 0    "AlsonotingGeneralAssemblydecision49/448of23December1994,in 8 whichtheAssembly,inaccordancewitharticle26,requestedtheStates  partiestoconsidertheproposedamendmentatthecurrentmeetingandto  limitthescopeofanyrevisionoftheConventiontoarticle20, L~ paragraph1,@ ## 0    "ReiteratingtheimportanceoftheConventionaswellasthe  " contributionoftheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainst T!# WomentotheUnitedNationseffortstoeliminatediscriminationagainst "H$ women," %## 0    "NotingthattheworkloadoftheCommitteeontheEliminationof \$' DiscriminationagainstWomenhasincreasedbecauseofthegrowingnumberof %P( StatespartiestotheConventionandthattheannualsessionofthe %) Committeeistheshortestofalltheannualsessionsofthehumanrights &* treatybodies,d' +## 0    "Recallingrecommendation22adoptedbytheCommitteeonthe ("- EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenatitsfourteenthsession,on )". themeetingtimeoftheCommittee,l*#/## 0    "ConvincedoftheneedtoadoptmeasurestoenabletheCommitteeto +"%1 considerinathoroughandtimelymannerthereportssubmittedbyStates ,%2 partiesandtodischargeallitsresponsibilitiesundertheConvention,t-&3## Ї0    "Alsoconvincedthattheprovisionofanadequateamountoftimefor  themeetingsoftheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainst  Womenisavitalfactorinensuringthecontinuedeffectivenessofthe R Committeeinfutureyears, F## 0    "1. Decidetoreplaceinarticle20,paragraph1,oftheConventionon   theEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen,thewords'normallymeet Z  foraperiodofnotmorethantwoweeksannuallyinorder'bythewords  N 'meetannually'; ## 0    "2. RecommendthattheGeneralAssemblyapprovethisamendmentatits b  fiftiethsession;$V ## 0    "3.Decidethattheamendmentshallenterintoforcewhenithasbeen   approvedbytheGeneralAssemblyandacceptedbyatwothirdsmajorityof j  StatespartieswhichshallhavesonotifiedtheSecretaryGeneralas ,^  depositaryoftheConvention." ## 5.  TherepresentativeofFinlandtheninformedtheStatespartiesthatin r  thespiritofcompromiseandinordertoreachconsensusthecosponsors 4f werereadytoacceptanamendmentofferedbyJapantooperativeparagraph1 ( (CEDAW/SP/1995/L.1/Add.1),wherebyarticle20,paragraph1,wouldbeamendedto  read: z 0  "TheCommitteeshallnormallymeetannuallyinorderto @ considerthe 0 reportssubmittedinaccordancewitharticle18ofthepresentConvention.  ThedurationofthemeetingsoftheCommitteeshallbedeterminedbya  meetingoftheStatespartiestothepresentConvention,subjecttothe Dv approvaloftheGeneralAssembly."8## 6.  TherepresentativeofFinlandalsosuggestedthatintheseventhpreambular  paragraphofthedraftresolutionaftertheword"Committee",toaddthe L~ followingwords",inaccordancewithitsmandate,". @  7.  Afterfurtherdiscussionitwasdecidedtoamendoperativeparagraphs2and  " 3ofthedraftresolutiontoreadasfollows: T!# 0    "2. RecommendthattheGeneralAssembly,atitsfiftiethsession,take " % notewithapprovaloftheamendment;#&## 0    "3. Decidethattheamendmentshallenterintoforcefollowing %P( considerationbytheGeneralAssemblyandwhenithasbeenacceptedbya %) twothirdsmajorityofStatespartieswhichshallhavesonotifiedthe &* SecretaryGeneralasdepositary."d' +## 8.  Themeetingadoptedthedraftresolutioncontainedindocuments ("- CEDAW/SP/1995/L.1andCEDAW/SP/1995/L.1/Add.1asorallyrevised(seeannex). )". 9.  TherepresentativeoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthern .+`$0 Irelandmadeastatementaftertheadoptionofthedraftresolution. +"%1 10.  Themeetingadoptedthepresentreport. t-&3 Ї@1Notes    1/  A/49/607,para.38.  F   2/  A/C.3/49/26.     3/  GeneralAssemblyresolution34/180,annex.  N     @1ANNEX  @ Proposedamendmenttoarticle20,paragraph1,ofthe R @ ConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsof󀀀  F @tt%DiscriminationagainstWomen     TheStatespartiestotheConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsof  N DiscriminationagainstWomen,     RecallingGeneralAssemblyresolution49/164of23December1994onthe b  ConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainstWomen, $V    Notingtheproposedrevisionofarticle20,paragraph1,oftheConvention   byreplacingthewords"normallymeetforaperiodofnotmorethantwoweeks j  annuallyinorder"bythewords"meetannuallyforaperiodnecessary"put ,^  forwardbytheGovernmentsVofDenmark,Finland,Iceland,NorwayandSweden,in   accordancewitharticle26oftheConvention,     AlsonotingGeneralAssemblydecision49/448of23December1994,inwhich 4f theAssembly,inaccordancewitharticle26,requestedStatespartiesto ( considertheproposedamendmentatthecurrentmeetingandtolimitthescopeof  anyrevisionoftheConventiontoarticle20,paragraph1, z   ReiteratingtheimportanceoftheConventionaswellasthecontributionof 0 theCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomentotheUnited  Nationseffortstoeliminatediscriminationagainstwomen,    NotingthattheworkloadoftheCommitteeontheEliminationof 8 DiscriminationagainstWomenhasincreasedbecauseofthegrowingnumberof  StatespartiestotheConventionandthattheannualsessionoftheCommitteeis  theshortestofalltheannualsessionsofthehumanrightstreatybodies, L~   Recallingrecommendation22adoptedbytheCommitteeontheEliminationof ! DiscriminationagainstWomenatitsfourteenthsession,onthemeetingtimeof  " theCommittee, T!#   ConvincedoftheneedtoadoptmeasurestoenabletheCommittee,in " % accordancewithitsmandate,toconsiderinathoroughandtimelymannerthe #& reportssubmittedbyStatespartiesandtodischargeallitsresponsibilities \$' undertheConvention, %P(   Alsoconvincedthattheprovisionofanadequateamountoftimeforthe &* meetingsoftheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenis d' + avitalfactorinensuringthecontinuedeffectivenessoftheCommitteein &(X!, futureyears, ("-   1.  Decidetoreplacearticle20,paragraph1,oftheConventiononthe l*#/ EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenwiththefollowingtext: .+`$0   +"%1 V V8dd8 V  0  "TheCommitteeshallnormallymeetannuallyinordertoconsiderthe  reportssubmittedinaccordancewitharticle18ofthepresentConvention.    ## 8dd8  ThedurationofthemeetingsoftheCommitteeshallbedeterminedbyameeting  F oftheStatespartiestothepresentConvention,subjecttotheapprovalofthe   GeneralAssembly.";     2.  RecommendthattheGeneralAssembly,atitsfiftiethsession,take  N notewithapprovaloftheamendment;     3.  Decidethattheamendmentshallenterintoforcefollowing b  considerationbytheGeneralAssemblyandwhenithasbeenacceptedbyatwo $V  thirdsmajorityofStatespartieswhichshallhavesonotifiedtheSecretary   GeneralasdepositaryoftheConvention.   @1