United Nations
CEDAW/C/2006/III/3/Add.3
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Distr.: General
20 June 2006
English
Original: English/French
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
Thirty-sixth session
Item 5 of the provisional agenda*
7-25 August 2006
Implementation of article 21 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Reports provided by specialized agencies of the
United Nations on the implementation of the Convention
in areas falling within the scope of their activities
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
I. Introduction
1.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will hold
its thirty-sixth session from 7 to 25 August 2006 at United Nations Headquarters in
New York. During the session the Committee will consider the reports of the
following countries: Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius,
Mexico, the Philippines, the Republic of Moldova and Uzbekistan.
2.
Article 22 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women provides that the Committee may invite specialized
agencies to “submit reports on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling
within the scope of their activities”, giving an account of recent activities, policies
and programmes in implementation of article 10 and related articles. Section II of
the present report summarizes the activities of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to implement the Convention
within the organization itself; section III presents measures taken to implement the
Convention in the countries to be considered by the Committee.
* CEDAW/C/2006/III/1.
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