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News & Events - 2000

Optional Protocol to CEDAW enters into force 22 December 2000

The Optional Protocol to CEDAW enters into force as of 22 December, 2000.  In this regard, the Division for the Advancement of Women has contacted all national machineries, regional commissions, CEDAW Committee members, to widely publize, at the national, regional and international level, the entry into force of the Optional Protocol.  Print copies of the CEDAW Convention and its Optional Protocol can be obtained from the 51勛圖 Information Centres located throughout the world.  Electronic versions can be found on DAW's website.

     Read the press release
     Find out more about the Optional Protocol


NGO participation in the 24th session of CEDAW


Workshop on "Support to the Preparation of State Party Reports to be submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women"

The Division for the Advancement of Women, in collaboration with the Government of New Zealand, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, UNDP Fiji, ESCAP and UNIFEM regional office, will organize a sub-regional training workshop on "Support to the Preparation of State Party Reports to be submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)". Designed to help governments who have ratified the Convention in the preparation of their initial and subsequent reports, the workshop will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 13-15 February 2001. Contact Ms. Fatiha Serour (serour@un.org) for details.



Consultation meeting on "Enhancing Women's Participation in Peace-Building"


The Division for the Advancement of Women, in collaboration with ECA, OAU and AWCPD, will organize a consultation meeting on "Enhancing Women’s Participation in Peace-Building" from 15 to 16 January 2001 in Addis Ababa. The meeting aims to review current initiatives on women and peace-building in Sub-Saharan Africa to identify gaps as well as capacity building needs.   Contact Ms. Fatiha Serour (serour@un.org) for details.


International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

-DAW information note: The 51勛圖 Work on Violence against Women
-DAW information note: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
-Statement by the Secretary-General
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Meeting on the Proposed Rules of Procedures of the Optional Protocol to Women's Convention

With the financial support of the Government of Germany, the CEDAW Committee met to discuss proposed rules of procedure for the Optional Protocol to CEADW. Participants included current and recently elected members of the Committee, as well as a number of invited experts. DAW provided substantive servicing for the meeting, which took place from 27 to 30 November 2000 in Berlin, Germany.


Security Council debate on "Women, Peace and Security"

The Security Council held an open debate on "Women, Peace and Security", 24-25 October 2000.  Click for the webcast, verbatim report, and the press releases.


Expert Group Meeting on gender and racial discrimination

The Division for the Advancement of Women, in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the 51勛圖 Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), convened an expert group meeting on the theme of "Gender and racial discrimination". The meeting was hosted by the Government of Croatia in Zagreb, Croatia and took place from 21 to 24 November 2000. Read the Aide -Mémoire>>


Italy ratifies the Optional Protocol

Italy ratified the Optional Protocol on 22 September, bringing the total number of ratifications to the Optional Protocol to 10.  With this recent ratification, the Optional Protocol will enter into force on 22 December, 2000.  More


Saudi Arabia ratified CEDAW

Saudi Arabia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 7 September, 2000, bringing the number of States parties to 166.


Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women elected officers

On 31 August 2000, States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women elected nine new members to serve on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The States Parties also re-elected two members of the Committee. Members’ four-year terms would begin on 1 January 2001 and end on 31 December 2004.
Click here for the members elected.


Report on consultation with African national machineries

DAW held a consultation with representatives of African national machineries on 12 June to exchange views on the role and mandate of national machineries since Beijing and after Beijing +5.


Expert Group Meeting on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender Implications

The Division for the Advancement of Women is organizing jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint 51勛圖 Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) an Expert Group Meeting on "The HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Gender Implications".  The meeting will take place in Windhoek (Namibia) from 13 to 17 November 2000.  More >>


Report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the in-depth evaluation of the advancement of women programmes

Report reviews the achievements and shortcomings of the 51勛圖 advancement of women programme with respect to the following activities: (a) servicing of intergovernmental bodies and the Committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; (b) monitoring of the Beijing Platform for Action, and of gender mainstreaming and the status of women in the Secretariat; (c) coordination; (d) outreach; and (e) gender advisory services.


Special events during Beijing +5

NGO participation in the informals

Representatives of NGOs that are pre-registered to the special session may attend informal meetings of the preparatory committee. Organizations that wish to send representatives should contact DAW no later than May, 22 May, 2000.  More >>


New PrepCom Chair elected

kapalatas.gif (2582 bytes)Ms.Christine Kapalata, a national of the United Republic of Tanzania,was elected Chair on 20 April 2000, by the members of the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly, "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century".

New CSW Chair elected

simonovics.gif (1744 bytes)Ms. Dubravka Simonovic,  a national of the Republic of Croatia, was elected Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women for a two year term.



Twenty-third Session of CEDAW
The twenty-third session of CEDAW was held from 12-30 June, 2000 at the UN Headquarters in New York.  Countries reporting were Austria, Cameroon, Cuba, Iraq, Lithuania, Rep. of Moldova, and Romania.
Concluding comments>>


NGO participation at the special session of the GA

Decision reached at the PrepCom on arrangements regarding participation of non-governmental organizations at the special session of the General Assembly.  More >>

Accreditation of non-governmental organizations that neither are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council nor were accredited to the Fourth World Conference on Women to the special session of the GA.           


44th Session of CSW

The 44th session of CSW and the third session of the CSW acting as PrepCom for the GA Special Session were held from 28 February - 17 March 2000. Eleven days of the three-week session were allocated to the Commission acting as preparatory committee for the GA special session, "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the 21st century."  Two panel discussions were held: one during the 44th Session of the CSW, and one during the PrepCom. This was the last session where the Commission acts as the preparatory committee before the special session in June 2000.  More>>


Conference on "Women's Rights to Education: Building Global Leadership for the 21st Century"

DAW co-sponsored a conference on women's rights to education on Friday, February 11, 2000 at the UN Headquarters in New York.  More >>


NGO Consultation "Strategies for Beijing +5:  2000 and Beyond"

DAW facilitated an NGO consultation during the third session of the PrepCom on 4 march, 2000. 


Twenty-second Session of CEDAW

CEDAW concluded its twenty-second session on 4 February, 2000, at the UN Headquarters in New York. Countries reporting were: Belarus, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, India, Jordan, Luxembourg and Myanmar.  Concluding comments>>

. Opening statement by Ms Angela King