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@M"$%Y*+x-'23F59;=A& 2SS55  1.  x ThetenthmeetingoftheStatespartieswascalledto  orderon17February1997byMr._Andr_Ԁ_Giroux_Ԁ(Canada),  thetemporaryChairperson.Mr.Samir_Moubarak_Ԁ(Lebanon) f\ waselectedChairperson,andMr._Carlston_ԀB.Boucher .$  (Barbados),Mr.Janis_Priedkalns_Ԁ(Latvia),Ms.KarinA.M. ! C.Wester(Netherlands)andMs._Mwila_ԀGrace_Banda_ " _Chigaga_Ԁ(Zambia)wereelectedViceChairpersons.The |# provisionalagendacontainedindocument ND$ _CEDAW_/SP/1998/1wasadopted.  % 2.  x TherepresentativeoftheSecretaryGeneralmadea ,"' statementinwhichsheinformedtheStatespartiesthat161 ( StateshadratifiedoraccededtotheConventiononthe ) EliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainstWomen z* andthatitwassecondonlytotheConventionontheRights LB+ oftheChildasthemostwidelyratifiedhumanrightstreaty.  , 3.  x TherepresentativeoftheSecretaryGeneralindicated *! . that,whiletheConventionremainedsubjecttoalarge ! / numberofreservations,someofwhichwerefarreaching, "!0 progresshadalsobeenachievedinthatregard.Shenoted #x"1 thattheGeneralAssembly,initsresolution51/68of12 J$@#2 December1996,reiteratedthecallmadebytheFourth %$3 WorldConferenceonWomenthatStatespartiesshould %$4 limittheextentofanyreservationstheylodgetothe &%5 Conventionandensurethatnoreservationsareincompatible j'`&6 withtheobjectandpurposeoftheConventionorotherwise 2(('7 incompatiblewithinternationaltreatylaw.Sheaddedthat ('8 theConferencealsourgedStatespartiestoreviewregularly )(9 theirreservationswithaviewtowithdrawingthem. *):   + *; 4.xx-x  SheinformedthemeetingofStatespartiesthatthe ;  numberofStatesthathaveacceptedtheamendmentto < article20,paragraph1,onthemeetingtimeforthe f\= Committeewasgrowingsteadilybutthatonly19 .$> instrumentsofacceptancehavebeenreceivedbythe ? SecretaryGeneral,outofthetwothirdsofthemajorityof @ Statespartiesrequired. |A 5.xx-x  TherepresentativeoftheSecretaryGeneral C highlightedseveralissuesraisedbytheCommitteeonthe dZD EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenatits ,"E sixteenth,seventeenthandeighteenthsessions.Shenoted F thatatotalof164reportshavenotyetbeenreceivedfrom G theStatespartiesanddrewattentiontotheCommittees zH decisiontoinviteStatespartiestocombineamaximumof LBI tworeportsrequiredunderarticle18oftheConvention.She  J indicatedthatspecializedagenciesandotherentitiesofthe  K UnitedNationssystemandnongovernmentalorganizations ! L werenowinvitedtopresentinformationtothepresession l"b!M workinggrouponStatespartiesperiodicreports. 4#*"N 6.xx-x  TherepresentativeoftheSecretaryGeneralindicated J$@#P that,atitsseventeenthsession,theCommitteehadadopted %$Q generalrecommendation23,onwomeninpubliclife,which %$R concernedarticles7and8oftheConvention.The &%S Committeehadalsoadoptedanewthreestageprocessfor j'`&T thepreparationofgeneralrecommendationsandagreedthat 2(('U itsnextgeneralrecommendationwouldaddressarticle12 ('V oftheConvention,onwomenandhealth. )(W 7.xx-x  Inaccordancewitharticle17,paragraphs4and5,of *)Y theConvention,theStatespartieselected,bysecretballot,+*Z  t[F tU t  _12membersoftheCommitteeontheEliminationof  DiscriminationagainstWomen.Sixcurrentmemberswere r proposedforreelection.Theexpertsreelectedwere : CharlotteAbaka(Ghana),EmnaAouij(Tunisia),Ivanka X Corti(Italy)andCarmelShalev(Israel).Thenewmembers   electedwereFengCui(China),NaelaGabr(Egypt),Savitri   Goonesekere(SriLanka),RosalynHazelle(SaintKittsand Z  Nevis),RosarioManalo(Philippines),MaviviMyakayaka " x Manzini(SouthAfrica),ZelmiraM.E.Regazzoli  @ (Argentina)andChikakoTaya(Japan).Thelistofall    candidatesandtheircurriculavitaeiscontainedinanote z   bytheSecretaryGeneral(CEDAW/SP/1998/3andAdd.1). 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