Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

A/RES/66/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 28a Advancement of women, published in 2011.

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?

4 subjects

Gender Discrimination Women's Advancement Women's Rights Women's Status

What’s in this document?

4 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;²

²A/66/99.

Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its forty-fourth and forty-fifth³ and forty-sixth to forty-eighth⁴ sessions;

³Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/65/38).

⁴Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/66/38).

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

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the status of the Convention.

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