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A/C.3/34/HG.1/CRP.6 23 November 1979
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Thirty-fourth session Item 75 DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST Ii/OMEN DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE WHOLE ON THE DRAFTING OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRDlINATION AGAINST HOt-mIlT Horking paper prepared
79-31936
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the Secretariat
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Text of the Draft Convention as of the end of the 11th meeting of the j']orllithin one year after the entry intJ force for the State concerned; and
(b) thereafter at lease every four years and further whenever the organ so reQuests. Reports may indicate factors and difficulties affecting the degree of fulfilment of obligations under the Convention.
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3. Original version
IFor the purpose of cons idering the progres s wade in the implementation of the present Convention by the States Parties, the Commission on the Status of Homen shall establish an ad hoc Group consisting of 10 to 15 persons. The Group shall be elected by the Commission from among its own members vmo are States Parties to the Convention and from an additional list of persons nominated by States Parties to the Convention vho are not members of the COlnmission, consideration being given to the principle of geographical distribution and representation of differing legal systems. Those elected to the Group shall serve in their personal capacity and shall be elected for a tvo-year termJ J\Jon'Tegian revised amendment
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Insert after the words "Commission on the Status of VJomen;; the vTords :'or other body under the Economic and Social Council that the Parties to the Convention should nominate: ' . mention of the Commission on the Status of vlomen should be supplemented
proposal
[Ta) For the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention a Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against 1!omen shall be established (hereinafter referred to as the consisting, at the time of entering into force of the Convention, of 16 and after its ratification or accession by the 35 States Parties, of 23 experts of high moral standing competence in the field covered by this Convention, elected by States Parties from among their nationalS, who shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to geographical distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems;!
ITb) The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by the States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its mm nationals: T ITc) The initial election shall be held six months after the
Ecuadorian proposal the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention, an ad hoc ',·Jorking Group of the Economic and Social Council of the United iJations shall be established consisting of 23 States being Parties to the Convention and members of the Council. In the composition of the ad hoc Horking Group, account shall be taken of the principle of geographical distribution and the representation of differing socio-economic ffi1d legal systemsJ
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OriF,inal version by 'or other body under tht:: Economic and Social Council li . /
Swedish proposal date of the entry into force of this Convention. At least three months before the date of each election the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a letter to the States Parties inviting them to submit their nominations vrithin two months. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all persons thus nominated, indicating the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall submit it to the States Parties;
LTd)
Elections of the members of the Con@ittee shall be held at a meeting of States Parties convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations At that meeting, for Hhich hm thirds of the States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representativps of Parties present and voting;
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Ecuadorian proposal
L(e) The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of tHO years; immediately after the first election the names
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Original version
S,·redish proposal
Ecuadorian proposal
of these nine members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the Committee;
L(f) For the filling of casual vacancies, the State Party whose expert has ceased to function as a member of the Committee shall appoint another expert from among its nationals, subject to the approval of the .
LTg)
States Parties shall be responsible for the expenses of the members of the Committee Hhile thsy ar2 in performance of duties.!
3. /(a) Thp, Committee shall adopt-its ovm rules of procedure; (b) The Committee shall elect its own officers for a term of tHO years; (c)
The secretariat of the shall be provided by the Secretary-General of the United
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Swedish proposal
Original version
4. £rhe Ad Hoc Group shall normally meet for a period of not more than tvo \.reeks before the opening of the regular session of the COEllilission on the Status of 'Jomen, to consider the reports submitted in accordance with paragraph tHO above..J
/The Committee shall normally meet for a period of not more than two Heeks annually to consider the rpports submitted in accordance with paragraph two LThe meetings of the shall normally be held at United Nations Headquarters or at any other convenient place as determined by the
Ecuadorian proposal LTh p Ad Hoc Group shall normally meet annually for a period of not more than two \.reeks during the first regular session of the Economic and Social Council, to consider reports submitted in acco!-dance with paragraph two
4. (a) LThe Ad Hoc Group shall report to the on the Status of '-.fomenJ
LThe Committee shall, through the Economic and Social Council, report annually to the General
LThe Ad Hoc Group shall report annually to the Economic and Social Council.J
... on its activities and may suggestions and general reco®uendations based on the examination of reports and information received from the States Parties. Such suggestions and general shall be included in the report of the Lbody7 together Hith comments, if any, from States Parties. (b) LThe Commission shall transmit the report of Group, with its own to Economic and Social
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lrhe Economic and Social Council shall submit periodically to the United Nations GenE:ral Assembly reports with no-commendations
LThe Secretary·-Genpral shall transmit the reports of the Co@nittee to the Commission on the Status of Women, for its information.7
LThe Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit the reports of the Ad Hoc Horl\.ing Group to the Commission on the Status of /The Economic and Social Council shall submit periodically to the United Nations General Assembly reports with [email protected] of a general
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original version of a gen2ral nature and a summary of the information received from the States Parties to the present Convention and the specialized agencies on the measures taken and the progress made in achieving full observance of the rights recognized in the present Convention.!
S"H?dish proposal
Ecuadorian proposal nature and a sUIT@ary of the information received from the States Parties to the Convention and the specialized agencies on the mpasures taken and thp progress made in achieving full observance of the rights recognized in the Convention.!
{The Economic and Social Council may bring to the attention of oth'2r organs of the United Nations, their subsidiary organs and specialized agencies concerned 'dith furnishing technical assistance any matter arising out of the report referred to in this part of the present Conv2ntion, which may assist such bodies in deciding, each within its field of competence? on advisability of international measureS likely to contribute to the effective progressive implementation of the present
5. Specialized agencies shall be entitled to be TPpresented at the consideration of implementation of such provisions of the present Convention as fall \vithin the scope of their activities. The {bOdyJ may invite the specialized agencies to submit reports on the implementation of the Convention in ar2as falling within the scope of their activities.
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Article 21 1.
The prl"sent Convdltion shall entf'r into forcp on the thirtieth day after of deposit "Hith the Secrt"tary-General of th," United Nations of the tHentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State ratifying the prl"sent Convention or accedinc; to it after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, thl'O shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of its moffi instrum(-"nt of ratification or accession.
Article 22 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States "hich are or may ol"come Parties to the present Convention the text of rl"servations made oy States at the time of ratification or accession. 2. A reservation incompatible Hith the ooject and purpose of the prl"sent Convention shall not be permitted.
3. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to this effect addressed to th2 Secretary-General of the United Nations Hho would then inform all States Parties thereof. Such notification shall take effect on the datp on which it is received. Article 23 1. Any dispute oehleen two or more States Partips concerning the intprpretation or application of this Convention Hhich is not settled oy negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, De submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the parties are QDable to agree on the organization of the aroitration, anyone of those parties may rpfer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court. 2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession then,,-to declare that it does not consider itself bound oy paragraph 1 of this article. Thl" other States Parties shall not be bound oy paragraph 1 of this article with respect to any State Party "Hhich has made such a reservation.
3. Any State Party ,·,hich has made a rpservation in accordance Hi th paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. lu-ticle 24 The present Convention, the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. IN WITNESS Convention.
the
duly authorized, have signed the present
NOV 23' 1070
A/C.3/34/HG.1/CRP.6 23 November 1979
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ORIGINAL:
ENGLISH
Thirty-fourth session Item 75 DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST Ii/OMEN DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE WHOLE ON THE DRAFTING OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRDlINATION AGAINST HOt-mIlT Horking paper prepared
79-31936
by
the Secretariat
/
...
-2-
ANNEX
Text of the Draft Convention as of the end of the 11th meeting of the j']orllithin one year after the entry intJ force for the State concerned; and
(b) thereafter at lease every four years and further whenever the organ so reQuests. Reports may indicate factors and difficulties affecting the degree of fulfilment of obligations under the Convention.
/
...
3. Original version
IFor the purpose of cons idering the progres s wade in the implementation of the present Convention by the States Parties, the Commission on the Status of Homen shall establish an ad hoc Group consisting of 10 to 15 persons. The Group shall be elected by the Commission from among its own members vmo are States Parties to the Convention and from an additional list of persons nominated by States Parties to the Convention vho are not members of the COlnmission, consideration being given to the principle of geographical distribution and representation of differing legal systems. Those elected to the Group shall serve in their personal capacity and shall be elected for a tvo-year termJ J\Jon'Tegian revised amendment
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Insert after the words "Commission on the Status of VJomen;; the vTords :'or other body under the Economic and Social Council that the Parties to the Convention should nominate: ' . mention of the Commission on the Status of vlomen should be supplemented
proposal
[Ta) For the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention a Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against 1!omen shall be established (hereinafter referred to as the consisting, at the time of entering into force of the Convention, of 16 and after its ratification or accession by the 35 States Parties, of 23 experts of high moral standing competence in the field covered by this Convention, elected by States Parties from among their nationalS, who shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to geographical distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems;!
ITb) The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by the States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its mm nationals: T ITc) The initial election shall be held six months after the
Ecuadorian proposal the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention, an ad hoc ',·Jorking Group of the Economic and Social Council of the United iJations shall be established consisting of 23 States being Parties to the Convention and members of the Council. In the composition of the ad hoc Horking Group, account shall be taken of the principle of geographical distribution and the representation of differing socio-economic ffi1d legal systemsJ
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3.
(continued)
OriF,inal version by 'or other body under tht:: Economic and Social Council li . /
Swedish proposal date of the entry into force of this Convention. At least three months before the date of each election the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a letter to the States Parties inviting them to submit their nominations vrithin two months. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all persons thus nominated, indicating the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall submit it to the States Parties;
LTd)
Elections of the members of the Con@ittee shall be held at a meeting of States Parties convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations At that meeting, for Hhich hm thirds of the States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representativps of Parties present and voting;
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Ecuadorian proposal
L(e) The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of tHO years; immediately after the first election the names
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3.
(continued)
Original version
S,·redish proposal
Ecuadorian proposal
of these nine members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the Committee;
L(f) For the filling of casual vacancies, the State Party whose expert has ceased to function as a member of the Committee shall appoint another expert from among its nationals, subject to the approval of the .
LTg)
States Parties shall be responsible for the expenses of the members of the Committee Hhile thsy ar2 in performance of duties.!
3. /(a) Thp, Committee shall adopt-its ovm rules of procedure; (b) The Committee shall elect its own officers for a term of tHO years; (c)
The secretariat of the shall be provided by the Secretary-General of the United
,
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Swedish proposal
Original version
4. £rhe Ad Hoc Group shall normally meet for a period of not more than tvo \.reeks before the opening of the regular session of the COEllilission on the Status of 'Jomen, to consider the reports submitted in accordance with paragraph tHO above..J
/The Committee shall normally meet for a period of not more than two Heeks annually to consider the rpports submitted in accordance with paragraph two LThe meetings of the shall normally be held at United Nations Headquarters or at any other convenient place as determined by the
Ecuadorian proposal LTh p Ad Hoc Group shall normally meet annually for a period of not more than two \.reeks during the first regular session of the Economic and Social Council, to consider reports submitted in acco!-dance with paragraph two
4. (a) LThe Ad Hoc Group shall report to the on the Status of '-.fomenJ
LThe Committee shall, through the Economic and Social Council, report annually to the General
LThe Ad Hoc Group shall report annually to the Economic and Social Council.J
... on its activities and may suggestions and general reco®uendations based on the examination of reports and information received from the States Parties. Such suggestions and general shall be included in the report of the Lbody7 together Hith comments, if any, from States Parties. (b) LThe Commission shall transmit the report of Group, with its own to Economic and Social
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lrhe Economic and Social Council shall submit periodically to the United Nations GenE:ral Assembly reports with no-commendations
LThe Secretary·-Genpral shall transmit the reports of the Co@nittee to the Commission on the Status of Women, for its information.7
LThe Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit the reports of the Ad Hoc Horl\.ing Group to the Commission on the Status of /The Economic and Social Council shall submit periodically to the United Nations General Assembly reports with [email protected] of a general
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original version of a gen2ral nature and a summary of the information received from the States Parties to the present Convention and the specialized agencies on the measures taken and the progress made in achieving full observance of the rights recognized in the present Convention.!
S"H?dish proposal
Ecuadorian proposal nature and a sUIT@ary of the information received from the States Parties to the Convention and the specialized agencies on the mpasures taken and thp progress made in achieving full observance of the rights recognized in the Convention.!
{The Economic and Social Council may bring to the attention of oth'2r organs of the United Nations, their subsidiary organs and specialized agencies concerned 'dith furnishing technical assistance any matter arising out of the report referred to in this part of the present Conv2ntion, which may assist such bodies in deciding, each within its field of competence? on advisability of international measureS likely to contribute to the effective progressive implementation of the present
5. Specialized agencies shall be entitled to be TPpresented at the consideration of implementation of such provisions of the present Convention as fall \vithin the scope of their activities. The {bOdyJ may invite the specialized agencies to submit reports on the implementation of the Convention in ar2as falling within the scope of their activities.
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Article 21 1.
The prl"sent Convdltion shall entf'r into forcp on the thirtieth day after of deposit "Hith the Secrt"tary-General of th," United Nations of the tHentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State ratifying the prl"sent Convention or accedinc; to it after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, thl'O shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of the deposit of its moffi instrum(-"nt of ratification or accession.
Article 22 1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States "hich are or may ol"come Parties to the present Convention the text of rl"servations made oy States at the time of ratification or accession. 2. A reservation incompatible Hith the ooject and purpose of the prl"sent Convention shall not be permitted.
3. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to this effect addressed to th2 Secretary-General of the United Nations Hho would then inform all States Parties thereof. Such notification shall take effect on the datp on which it is received. Article 23 1. Any dispute oehleen two or more States Partips concerning the intprpretation or application of this Convention Hhich is not settled oy negotiation shall, at the request of one of them, De submitted to arbitration. If within six months from the date of the request for arbitration the parties are QDable to agree on the organization of the aroitration, anyone of those parties may rpfer the dispute to the International Court of Justice by request in conformity with the Statute of the Court. 2. Each State Party may at the time of signature or ratification of this Convention or accession then,,-to declare that it does not consider itself bound oy paragraph 1 of this article. Thl" other States Parties shall not be bound oy paragraph 1 of this article with respect to any State Party "Hhich has made such a reservation.
3. Any State Party ,·,hich has made a rpservation in accordance Hi th paragraph 2 of this article may at any time withdraw that reservation by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. lu-ticle 24 The present Convention, the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. IN WITNESS Convention.
the
duly authorized, have signed the present
