Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/53/118View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103 Advancement of women, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1980–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/131

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/131	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	125	85%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/138	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	131	85%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/131	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	138	8%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/138	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1,610	68%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/218	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1,665	84%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

10 reports · 2001–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/93	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/131
2015	A/70/124	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/138
2013	A/68/121	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/131
2011	A/66/99	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/138
2009	A/64/342	Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/218

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Financing Guidelines Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation International Obligations Periodic Reports Recommendations Report Preparation Reservations and Declarations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Staffing Technical Cooperation Treaties Women's Rights Work Organization

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General¹¹ on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;

¹¹A/53/318.

Urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so as soon as possible, so that universal ratification of the Convention can be achieved by the year 2000;

Emphasizes the importance of full compliance by States parties with their obligations under the Convention;

Urges States to limit the extent of any reservations they lodge to the Convention, to formulate any such reservations as precisely and as narrowly as possible, to ensure that no reservations are incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention or otherwise incompatible with international treaty law, to review their reservations regularly with a view to withdrawing them and to withdraw reservations that are contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention or that are otherwise incompatible with international treaty law;

Invites States parties to the Convention to give due consideration to the statement regarding reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women¹² to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;¹³

¹²Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/53/38/Rev.1), part two, chap. I, sect. A.

¹³Resolution 217 A (III).

Takes note of the report of the Secretariat on reservations to the Convention;¹⁴

¹⁴CEDAW/C/1997/4.

Urges States parties to the Convention to make all possible efforts to submit their reports on the implementation of the Convention in accordance with article 18 thereof and with the guidelines provided by the Committee and to cooperate fully with the Committee in the presentation of their reports;

Encourages the Secretariat to extend technical assistance to States parties, upon their request, in the preparation of reports, in particular initial reports, and invites Governments to contribute to those efforts;

Commends the Committee on its efforts to contribute to the effective implementation of the Convention;

Also commends the Committee for reducing the backlog of reports, inter alia, through improved internal methods of work, and notes the efforts of the Committee to continue to improve its internal methods of work;

Urges States parties to the Convention to take appropriate measures so that acceptance of the amendment to article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention by a two-thirds majority of States parties can be reached as soon as possible so that the amendment may enter into force;

Expresses its appreciation for the additional meeting time allowing the Committee to hold two sessions annually, each of three weeks’ duration, preceded by a pre-session working group of the Committee;

Emphasizes the need to ensure adequate financing and staff support for the effective functioning of the Committee, including for the dissemination of information;

Welcomes the progress made by the Open-ended Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of the Commission on the Status of Women,¹⁵ and encourages the Working Group to continue its work with a view to completing it at the forty-third session of the Commission;

¹⁵Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/1998/27 and Corr.1), annex II.

Encourages the strengthening of coordination between the Committee and the other human rights treaty bodies, and encourages the human rights treaty bodies to coordinate their activities in monitoring the implementation of human rights instruments for the full enjoyment by women of their human rights;

Invites the Committee to draw up joint general comments with other treaty bodies, within their respective mandates, on the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of human rights, and invites the persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies, at their annual meetings, to explore ways and means to facilitate those activities;

Stresses that a comprehensive and integrated approach to the promotion and protection of the human rights of women, including the integration of the human rights of women into the mainstream of United Nations system-wide activities, requires systematic, increased and sustained attention to and implementation of the general recommendations of the Committee, at the request of the General Assembly, throughout the United Nations system;

Welcomes the submission of reports by specialized agencies, at the invitation of the Committee, on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their activities and the contribution of non-governmental organizations to the work of the Committee;

Commends the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and others for building women’s capacity to understand and use human rights instruments, particularly the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the implementation of the present resolution.

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