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TherepresentativeoftheSecretary-Generalmadeastatementinwhichshe  informedtheStatespartiesthat151Stateshadratifiedoraccededtothe ZX  Convention.Shealsodrewattentiontoseveralrecommendationsconcerningthe ! ConventionwhichhadbeenadoptedattheFourthWorldConferenceonWomen,held " atBeijinginSeptember1995.Theseincludedarecommendationforthe # eradicationofallformsofdiscriminationagainstwomenanduniversal b`$ ratificationoftheConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscrimination $ " % againstWomenbytheyear2000.TheConferenceurgedGovernmentstolimitthe  & extentoftheirreservationstotheConventionandtowithdrawreservationsthat !!' werecontrarytoitsobjectandpurpose.Moreover,Governmentsshouldformulate j"h"( reservationsaspreciselyandasnarrowlyaspossible.TheConferencealso ,#*#) recommendedthatStatespartiestotheConvention,whenreportingunder ##* article18oftheConvention,shouldincludeintheirreportstotheCommittee $$+ ontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen(_CEDAW_)informationon r%p%, measurestakentoimplementthePlatformforAction. 4&2&- 3.  TherepresentativeoftheSecretary-Generalalsoreportedondecisionsand ''/ suggestionsadoptedbytheCommitteeatitsfifteenthsession,includingthose z(x(0 onthelengthandfrequencyofthesessionsoftheCommittee,relationswith <):)1 non-governmentalorganizations,anoptionalprotocolontherighttopetitionto ))2 theConvention,overduereportsfromStatespartiesandamendmentofthe **3 guidelinesforreportsbyStatespartiestoreflecttherecommendationofthe ++4 9605871(E)120396""W#/... --7 X~,XUXl XXX~,*9605871*U  XUXl U  ..8= _FourthWorldConferenceonWomenthatStatespartiesincludeinformationon  measurestakentoimplementthePlatformforActionwhenpresentingtheir  countryreporttotheCommittee. R 4.  Inaccordancewitharticle17,paragraphs4and5,oftheConvention,the   Statespartieselectedbysecretballot11membersoftheCommitteeonthe   EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen,ofwhich6werecurrentmembers Z  proposedforre-election.Theexpertsre-electedwere  N HannaBeateSchpp-Schilling(Germany);SilviaCartwright(NewZealand);   CarlotaBusteloGarcadelReal(Spain);AhouaOuedraogo(BurkinaFaso);    SalmaKhan(Bangladesh);andKongitSinegiorgis(Ethiopia).Thenewmembers b  were:Yung-ChungKim(RepublicofKorea);AdaGonzles(Mexico); $V  AnneLiseRyel(Norway);YolandaFerrerG;mez(Cuba);andAyseFerideAcar   (Turkey).Thelistofallthecandidatesandtheircurriculavitaewere   containedinanotebytheSecretaryGeneral(CEDAW/SP/1996/3andAdd.1). j  5.  Themeetingalsohadbeforeitadocument(CEDAW/SP/1996/2)onarticle28   oftheConvention,whichprovidesthattheSecretary-Generalshallreceiveand   circulatetoallStatespartiesthetextofreservationsmadebyStatesatthe r  timeofratificationoraccession.ItalsoprovidesthattheSecretary-General 4f shallinformStatespartiesofanyreservationwithdrawnbynotificationafter ( suchnotificationswerereceived.  6.  Underagendaitem6,Finlandintroducedadraftresolutionon"Meetingtime <n oftheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen" 0 (CEDAW/SP/1996/L.1).SponsorsofthedraftresolutionwereAngola,Australia,  Austria,Bangladesh,Belize,BurkinaFaso,Cameroon,Canada,CostaRica,C=te  d'Ivoire,Cyprus,Denmark,DominicanRepublic,Estonia,Ethiopia,Fiji,Finland, Dv Ghana,Greece,GuineaBissau,Guyana,Iceland,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Kenya, 8 Latvia,Lithuania,Malawi,Namibia,NewZealand,Nigeria,Norway,Philippines,  Portugal,Romania,Slovenia,SouthAfrica,Spain,Sweden,theUnitedRepublicof  Tanzania,Turkey,ZambiaandZimbabwe. L~ 7.  TherepresentativeoftheSecretary-Generalmadeastatementonfinancial ! implicationsbeforetheadoptionofthedraftresolution.Whileitwasclearly  " statedinthedraftresolutionaspresentedthattherequestforadditional T!# meetingtimefortheCommitteeshouldbeconsideredbytheGeneralAssembly "H$ withintheoverallexistingbudgetframework,theSecretariatwasobligedto " % makeastatementonfinancialimplicationsinviewofthecurrentfinancial #& situationfacedbytheOrganization,namely,that:"Inadoptingtheprogramme \$' budgetfor1996-1997,theGeneralAssemblydecidedthatsavingsof %P( $103.9millionweretobeachievedintheprogrammebudgetduringthebiennium. %) Underthecircumstances,itwasnotpossibleatthisstagetomodifythe &* calendarofconferencesinordertoaccommodatetheadditionalmeetingsofCEDAW d' + in1997.Thepossibilityofadditionalmeetingswouldbereviewedatthe &(X!, fifty-firstsessionoftheGeneralAssembly." ("- 8.  Themeetingthenadoptedthedraftresolutioncontainedindocument l*#/ CEDAW/SP/1996/L.1(seeannex). .+`$0   +"%1  0 #+@1ANNEX  @ MeetingtimeoftheCommitteeontheEliminationof Hz @tt%DiscriminationagainstWomen  7   TheStatespartiestotheConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsof < n DiscriminationagainstWomen  +   RecallingGeneralAssemblyresolution49/164of23December1994onthe s   ConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainstWomenand 0b  decision49/448alsoof23December1994onconsiderationoftherequestforthe   revisionofarticle20,paragraph1,oftheConvention,     TakingnotewithappreciationofGeneralAssemblyresolution50/202of $V  22December1995inwhichiturgedforanearlyacceptanceandentryintoforce   oftheamendmenttotheConvention,     ReiteratingtheimportanceoftheConventionontheEliminationofAll J  FormsofDiscriminationagainstWomenaswellasthecontributionofthe  CommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomentotheUnited  Nationseffortstoeliminatediscriminationagainstwomen, O   NotingthattheworkloadoftheCommitteeontheEliminationof  DiscriminationagainstWomenhasincreasedasaresultofthegrowingnumberof  StatespartiestotheConvention,andthattheannualsessionoftheCommittee Cu istheshortestofalltheannualsessionsofthehumanrightstreatybodies, 2   Recallingdecision1onincreasingthemeetingtimeoftheCommitteeonthe z EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenadoptedbytheCommitteeatits 7i fifteenthsession,aswellasitsgeneralrecommendation22onthesamesubject, &   WelcomingtheeffortsmadebytheCommitteetoimproveitsproceduresand n  workingmethods,andencouragingittocontinuesuchefforts, +]!   ConvincedthatanadequateamountoftimeforthemeetingsoftheCommittee  # isoneofthevitalfactorsinensuringthecontinuedeffectivenessofthe b!$ CommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomeninfutureyears, "Q%   1.  Recognizetheneedtointroduceatemporarymeasuretoenablethe #' Committeetoreducethebackloguntiltheamendmenttoarticle20,paragraph1, V$( entersintoforce; %E)   2.  SupporttherequestmadebytheCommitteeatitsfifteenthsessionfor &+ additionalmeetingtimesoastoallowtheCommitteetoholdtwosessions J'| , annually,eachofthreeweeks'durationeachprecededbyapre-sessionworking (9!- group,startingfrom1997foraninterimperiod; (!.   3.  RecommendthattheGeneralAssemblyatitsfiftyfirstsessionapprove >*p#0 therequestoftheCommittee,withintheoverallexistingbudgetframework,in *-$1 ordertoenabletheCommitteetocontinuetoreducethebackloginreportsof +$2 Statespartiesawaitingreview. u,%3 @1