Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/64/138View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 62a Advancement of women, published in 2010.

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’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;¹⁶

¹⁶A/64/342.

Also welcomes the growing number of States parties to the Convention,Error: Reference source not found which now stands at one hundred and eighty-six, while expressing disappointment that universal ratification of the Convention was not achieved by 2000, and urges all States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so;

Further welcomes the growing number of States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention,Error: Reference source not found which now stands at ninety-nine, and urges other States parties to the Convention to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol;

Urges States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto and to take into consideration the concluding observations as well as the general recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;

Encourages all relevant entities of the United Nations system, within their mandates, as well as Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, in particular women’s organizations, as appropriate, to strengthen assistance to States parties, upon their request, in implementing the Convention;

Notes that some States parties have modified their reservations, expresses satisfaction that some reservations have been withdrawn, and urges States parties to limit the extent of any reservations that 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, 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;

Welcomes the adoption by the Committee of Convention-specific reporting guidelines,¹⁷ which must be applied in conjunction with the harmonized reporting guidelines on a common core document;¹⁸

¹⁷Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/63/38), part one, annex I, decision 40/I.

¹⁸See HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I.

Recalls the great number of overdue reports, in particular initial reports, and urges States parties to the Convention to make every possible effort to submit their reports on the implementation of the Convention in a timely manner, in accordance with article 18 thereof;

Also recalls its resolution 50/202 of 22 December 1995, in which it took note with approval of the amendment to article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention, which has yet to enter into force, and urges States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to accept the amendment;

Strongly 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 and the amendment can enter into force;

Expresses its appreciation for the efforts made by the Committee to improve the efficiency of its working methods, and welcomes the decision of the Committee to introduce a procedure to enhance the follow-up of its recommendations;

Welcomes the gradual alleviation of the backlog of reports awaiting consideration by the Committee;

Continues to encourage the Secretariat to extend further technical assistance to States parties, upon their request, to strengthen their capacity in the preparation of reports, in particular initial reports, and urges Governments to contribute to those efforts;

Invites States parties to make use of the technical assistance provided by the Secretariat to facilitate the preparation of reports, in particular initial reports;

Encourages the continued participation of members of the Committee in inter-committee meetings and meetings of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies, including those on methods of work relating to the State reporting system;

Encourages the Committee, within its mandate, to continue to contribute to the efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the treaty bodies, and welcomes as a positive example the joint working group of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and in this regard invites the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to consider other informal cooperative initiatives maximizing existing resources;

Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 54/4 of 6 October 1999, to provide the resources, including staff and facilities, necessary for the effective functioning of the Committee within its full mandate, including as set out in the Optional Protocol to the Convention;

Urges Governments, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to disseminate the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto;

Encourages States parties to disseminate the concluding observations adopted in relation to the consideration of their reports, as well as the general recommendations of the Committee;

Encourages States parties and all relevant entities of the United Nations system to continue to build women’s knowledge and understanding of and capacity to utilize human rights instruments, in particular the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto;

Urges the specialized agencies, at the invitation of the Committee, to submit reports on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their activities;

Welcomes the contribution of non-governmental organizations, and national human rights institutions, where they exist, to the work of the Committee;

Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to address and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions under the item on the advancement of women;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth 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.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

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