Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concludes forty-eighth session

Source: United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Date: 07 Feb 2011
FINAL ROUND-UP 7 February 2011

Committee Adopts Conclusions on the Reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, South Africa and Sri Lanka

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded on 4 February its forty-eighth session, adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bangladesh, Belarus, Israel, Kenya, Lichtenstein, South Africa and Sri Lanka, the seven countries it examined at this session. During this session the Committee also welcomed five new members who were formally inducted during this session, as well as elected a new bureau.

The concluding observations for the seven countries whose reports were examined welcome steps taken by the Governments with regard to the promotion and protection of the rights of women in the respective countries, express a number of concerns by the Committee and also contain recommendations on how the countries can address these issues.

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