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Docume`v{3|xU d !UKUS.,  _ _CEDAW_Ԁ_CEDAW_/C/1996/6(1996)     Distr.:  GENERAL  _CEDAW_/C/1996/6 X 4October1995 B  ORIGINAL:ENGLISH  f   COMMITTEEONTHEELIMINATIONOFDISCRIMINATIONAGAINSTWOMEN  $  Fifteenthsession   NewYork,15January2February1996   Item6oftheprovisionalagenda   WAYSANDMEANSOFEXPEDITINGTHEWORKOFTHECOMMITTEE f    ReportbytheSecretariat : CONTENTS0 ` 0 ` (#` (#0 (# (#0h(#(#0h(#h(#0(#(#0p(#(#0p(#p(#0 (#(#0x (# (#Paragraphs^x(#x(#   I.INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................12 2 II.REVIEWOFTHERULESOFPROCEDURE........................................................................3  III.REVIEWOFTHENEEDFORSUMMARYRECORDSANDTHEFORMATOFTHE  ANNUALREPORTOFTHECOMMITTEE...........................................................................49 t IV.REPORTSTOBECONSIDEREDATTHESIXTEENTHSESSION...................................10 H V.PROVISIONALAGENDAFORTHESIXTEENTHSESSION.............................................11  l AAnnexes !@  I.Statesparties,thereportsofwhichhavebeenpresentedbutnotyetconsideredbytheCommittee #" ontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen...................................................................... $# II.ProvisionalagendaforthesixteenthsessionoftheCommittee....................................................... &!%   V(#' I.INTRODUCTION  1.ThisreporthasbeenpreparedinresponsetothedecisionmadebytheCommitteeatitstwelfth  session1/thattheSecretariatshouldprepareeveryyear,asapresessiondocument,areportonways n andmeansofimprovingtheCommitteeswork.Thereportshouldcontainalltheinformationthat X theSecretariatbelievesnecessaryforthediscussionoftheitem,arisingfromtheSecretariats B  experiencefromthepreviousyear,thecommentsmadebymemberstotheSecretariat,or , | developmentselsewhereinthehumanrightsregime.ItshouldalsocontainalistofStatesparties  f whosereportscouldbeconsideredatthesubsequentsessionaccordingtogeographical  P representation.  :  2.Accordingly,thepresentreportcontainstherequiredinformation,aswellasinformationonthose   mattersrelatingtotheworkoftheCommitteethatwerecarriedoverfromtheprevioussession.With   aviewtoconsolidatingmaterialinasinglereport,italsocontainsadraftprovisionalagendaforthe   sixteenthsessionoftheCommittee. |  II.REVIEWOFTHERULESOFPROCEDURE P 3.BasedonthedecisiontakenbytheCommitteeatitstwelfthsession2/toreviewtherulesof $t procedureadoptedatitsfirstsessionwithaviewtoadjustingthemtothecurrentmethodsofwork, ^ theCommitteerequestedtheSecretariatatitsthirteenthsession3/topreparedraftrevisedrules.The H proposedchangeswerepresentedtotheCommitteeatitsfourteenthsession(_CEDAW_/C/1995/6, 2 annexI).Atitsfourteenthsession,theCommittee,inviewofthetimeconstraintsatthatsession,  decidedtodefertheitemtothefifteenthsession.  III.REVIEWOFTHENEEDFORSUMMARYRECORDSANDTHEFORMATOFTHE  ANNUALREPORTOFTHECOMMITTEE t 4.TheGeneralAssembly,initsresolution49/221Bof23December1994onthepatternof H conferences,agreeingontheneedforandthedesirabilityofverbatimandsummaryrecordsforsome 2 bodiesofapoliticalorlegalnature,whileaffirmingtheneedtoreviewproceduresandtostreamline,  l asappropriate,theprovisionofmeetingrecords,appealedtothetreatybodiesauthorizedtoestablish !V theirownpracticeinthemattertoreviewtheirneedforsuchrecords. !@  5.Atitsfourteenthsession,theCommitteeexpressedtheviewthatthesemattersshouldbefurther #" discussedinthefuture.Itsreportstated:"Thesuggestiontodiscontinuethesummariesofthe $# presentationmadebytherepresentativeoftheStateparty,ofthegeneralobservationsmadebythe % $ CommitteeandofallthequestionsraisedandrepliesgivenundereacharticleoftheConvention, &!% maintainingonlyextensiveconcludingcommentsbytheCommittee,wouldrequiremoremeetings l'"& andworkingtime.InthelightoftheexistingtimeconstraintsunderwhichtheCommitteeoperates, V(#' thepresentformatoftheannualreportshouldberetained.TheCommitteealsodecidesthatthe @)$( summaryrecordsshouldberetainedforthetimebeing."4/ **z%) 6.Alsoatitsfourteenthsession,theCommittee,withrespecttothenumberofreportstobe +N'+ consideredatagivensession,decided: ,8(,  -")- "TheCommitteeisfullyawareofthebacklogofreportstobeconsidered.However,itemphasizes  thatthequalityoftheCommitteesworkshouldnotsufferforthesakeofthequantityofreports  considered.BecauseoftheConventionscomplexnatureandthemajorglobalchangesintheworld,  moretimeshouldinfuturebededicatedtoconstructivedialoguewiththeStatesparties.Itis t thereforerecommendedthat,asatargetwhenadequatemeetingtimeisprovided,threemeetings ` shouldbeallocated,onaverage,fortheconsiderationofaStatepartysreport."5/ L  7.InviewofthefactthattheCommitteewillbeconsideringfewerreportsatitsfifteenthsession, $ t theSecretariatwishestoreiterateitsproposalthattheCommittee,whileretainingsummaryrecords,  ` shoulddiscontinuethesummariesofthepresentationmadebytherepresentativeoftheStateparty,  L  ofthegeneralobservationsmadebytheCommitteeandofallthequestionsraisedandrepliesgiven  8  undereacharticleoftheConvention,maintainingonlyextensiveconcludingcommentsbythe $  Committee.   8.Theeffectofthissuggestion,haditbeenadoptedin1995,wouldhavebeentoreducethesizeof   theCommitteesreportfrom160pagesto87pages,areductionof73pages.Atastandardcostof   US$800pertranslatedpage,thiswouldhaveresultedinsavingsofapproximately$58,400in p conferenceservicingcosts.Itwouldalsohavefreedsubstantivestafffromtheneedtotakenotesand \ makethemavailabletoassisttheCommitteeinotherways. H 9.ItshouldbenotedthattheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenis  p currentlytheonlyhumanrightstreatybodywhichmaintainsbothsummaryrecordsandanextensive  \ summaryoftheconstructivedialogueinitsreport. H IV.REPORTSTOBECONSIDEREDATTHESIXTEENTHSESSION   10.ThelistofreportsthathavebeensubmittedbyStatespartiesandarestillawaitingconsideration  bytheCommitteecanbefoundinannexI.Thereportsarelistedbyorderofreceipt.  V.PROVISIONALAGENDAFORTHESIXTEENTHSESSION l 11.AdraftprovisionalagendaforthesixteenthsessionoftheCommitteecanbefoundinannexII. D! _____________________ #l! Notes $X" 1/OfficialRecordsoftheGeneralAssembly,FortyeighthSession,SupplementNo.38(A/48/38), %0!$ para.632. &"% 2/Ibid.,para.633. (#' 3/Ibid.,FortyninthSession,SupplementNo.38(A/49/38),para.811. |*%) 4/Ibid.,FiftiethSession,SupplementNo.38(A/50/38),para.645. T,'+  @-(, 5/Ibid.,para.640.     ANNEXI  StatespartieswhosereportshavebeenpresentedbutnotyetconsideredbytheCommitteeonthe  EliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen t Byorderofreceipta/ L  * Y!ddd Xdd Xdd X(#(#,dd ,dd ,dd ,dd +  $ t$ t Stateparty    Datedue     Datereceived     Symbol     A.Initialreports   X     X     X    X SaintVincentandthe   Grenadines 8. t  }@30196}@83September1982 7-+  }@30196 }@ 727September1991   28July1994  t  _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/13   _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/1 t  3/Add.1  `  Slovenia 8. 0   @34185 @85August1993 ZP+0   @34185  @ @34295@Z23November1993 7-+0  @34295 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_SVN_/1  0  Israel 8. ` @33909@82November1992 ZP+` @33909 @  @34345 @Z12January1994 7-+`  @34345  @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_ISR_/1  ` Zaire 8. 0  X@32096X@816November1987 ZP+0! X@32096 X@  @34393 @Z1March1994 7-+0"  @34393  @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_ZAR_/1  0# Morocco 8. `$ @34535@821July1994 ZP+`% @34535 @ @34590@Z14September1994 7-+`& @34590 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/MOR/1  `' Antiguaand 0( Barbuda 8. ) `+@33115`+@8_31_ԀAugust1990 ZP+0* `+@33115 `+@ @34597@Z21September1994 7-+0+ @34597 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/ANT/13  0, Armenia 8. L- `@34619`@813October1994 ZP+L. `@34619 `@ `@34667`@Z30November1994 7-+L/ `@34667 `@ 7_CEDAW_/C/ARM/1  L0 B.Secondperiodic 1 reports  2   3   4   5 SaintVincentandthe 86 Grenadines 8. $t7 @@31657@@83September1986 7-+88 @@31657 @@ 727September1991 89 28July1994  $t: _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/13 8; _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/1 $t< 3/Add.1   `= Argentina 8. !> @)@33098@)@814August1990 7-+!? @)@33098 @)@ 713February1992 !@ 27May1994 |"A 19August1994  h#B _CEDAW_/C/_ARG_/2 !C _CEDAW_/C/_ARG_/2/ |"D Add.1 h#E _CEDAW_/C/_ARG_/2/ T$F Add.2  @% G DominicanRepublic 8. &"H L@32051L@8_2_ԀOctober1987 ZP+&"I L@32051 L@ @34084@Z26April1993 7-+&"J @34084 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/DOM/2 &"K 3  '"L EquatorialGuinea 8. ,)|$M  @32833 @822November1989 ZP+,)|$N  @32833  @ `@34339`@Z6January1994 7-+,)|$O `@34339 `@ 7_CEDAW_/C/_GNQ_/23  ,)|$P Turkey 8. *%Q =@33256=@819January1991 ZP+*%R =@33256 =@ `@34371`@Z7February1994 7-+*%S `@34371 `@ 7_CEDAW_/C/_TUR_/2  *%T Italy 8. ,,|'U $@33063$@810July1990 ZP+,,|'V $@33063 $@  @34393 @Z1March1994__ 7-+,,|'W  @34393  @ 7_CEDAW_/C/ITA/2  ,,|'X Bulgaria 8. -(Y @@31845@@810March1987 ZP+-(Z @@31845 @@ @34582@Z6September1994 7-+-([ @34582 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_BGR_/23  -(\ AntiguaandBarbuda 8. d @34576@8_31_ԀAugust1994 ZP+d @34576 @ @34679@Z12December1994 7-+d @34679 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/ANT/13  d Chile 8.  @34704@86January1995 ZP+ @34704 @ @34766@Z9March1995 7-+ @34766 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/CHI/2   C.Thirdperiodic d  reports   P    d    d    d  SaintVincentandthe   Grenadines 8. l  +@33118+@83September1990 7-+  +@33118 +@ 727September1991   28July1994  l  _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/13   _CEDAW_/C/_STV_/1 l  3/Add.1  X  Canada 8.  (  ;@33246;@89January1991 ZP+ (  ;@33246 ;@ @33855@Z9September1992 7-+ (  @33855 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/CAN/3   (  Mexico 8. X  +@33118+@83September1990 ZP+X  +@33118 +@ @@33938@@Z1December1992 7-+X  @@33938 @@ 7_CEDAW_/C/_MEX_/3  X  Philippines 8. (  +@33119+@84September1990 ZP+(  +@33119 +@ @33988@Z20January1993 7-+(  @33988 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/PHI/3  ( ! Bangladesh 8. X " @34308@86December1993 ZP+X # @34308 @ @@33994@@Z26January1993 7-+X $ @@33994 @@ 7_CEDAW_/C/BDG/3  X % DominicanRepublic 8. (& ]@33512]@8_2_ԀOctober1991 ZP+(' ]@33512 ]@ @34084@Z26April1993 7-+(( @34084 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/DOM/2 () 3  * Denmark 8. D+ z@33744z@821May1992 ZP+D, z@33744 z@ @34095@Z7May1993 7-+D- @34095 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/DEN/3  D. Belarus 8. / +@33118+@83September1990 ZP+0 +@33118 +@ @34150@Z1July1993 7-+1 @34150 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_BLR_/3  2 EquatorialGuinea 8. D3 @34294@8_22_ԀNovember1993 ZP+D4 @34294 @ `@34339`@Z6January1994 7-+D5 `@34339 `@ 7_CEDAW_/C/_GNQ_/23  D6 Bulgaria 8. 7 @C@33306@C@810March1991 ZP+8 @C@33306 @C@ @34582@Z6September1994 7-+9 @34582 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_BGR_/23  : RepublicofKorea 8. D; @34359@826January1994 ZP+D< @34359 @ @34584@Z8September1994 7-+D= @34584 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/KOR/3  D> AntiguaandBarbuda 8. ? @36037@8_31_ԀAugust1998 ZP+@ @36037 @ @34597@Z21September1994 7-+A @34597 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/ANT/13  B Peru 8. DC `^@33523`^@813October1991 ZP+DD `^@33523 `^@ @34662@Z25November1994 7-+DE @34662 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/PER/34  DF Venezuela 8.  G `{@33755`{@81June1992 ZP+ H `{@33755 `{@  @34737 @Z8February1995 7-+ I  @34737  @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_VEN_/3   J Australia 8. D"K @@33842@@827August1992 ZP+D"L @@33842 @@ @34758@Z1March1995 7-+D"M @34758 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/_AUL_/3  D"N UnitedKingdomof #O GreatBritainand $ P NorthernIreland 8. % Q  @34825 @87May1995 ZP+#R  @34825  @  @34926 @Z16August1995 7-+#S  @34926  @ 7_CEDAW_/C/UK/3  #T D.Fourthperiodic 'l"U reports  (X#V   'l"W   'l"X   'l"Y Peru 8. )$Z @34984@813October1995 ZP+)$[ @34984 @ @34662@Z25November1994 7-+)$\ @34662 @ 7_CEDAW_/C/PER/34 )$] % ____________________ *%] Notes +&^ a/Onlyreportsreceivedpriorto30September1995havebeenlisted. h-(` ЇANNEXII  ProvisionalagendaforthesixteenthsessionoftheCommittee  1.Openingofthesession. ` 2.SolemndeclarationbythenewmembersoftheCommittee. 8  3.Electionofofficers.  ` 4.Adoptionoftheagendaandorganizationofwork.  8  5.ReportoftheChairpersonontheactivitiesundertakenduringtheyear.   6.ConsiderationofreportssubmittedbyStatespartiesunderarticle18oftheConvention.   Documentation p ReportoftheSecretaryGeneralonthestatusofsubmissionofreportsby H Statespartiesunderarticle18oftheConvention  p ReportsofStatespartiestobeconsideredatthesixteenthsession H 7.Implementationofarticle21oftheConvention.   Documentation  NotebytheSecretaryGeneralonreportsprovidedbyspecializedagencies  8.WaysandmeansofexpeditingtheworkoftheCommittee. X  Documentation 0"  ReportoftheSecretariatonwaysandmeansofexpeditingtheworkoftheCommittee $X" 9.Provisionalagendafortheseventeenthsession. %0!$ 10.AdoptionofthereportoftheCommitteeonitssixteenthsession. '#&