UNITED
NATIONS
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Distr.
GENERAL
CEDAW/C/1996/3/Add.4
15 December 1995
ORIGINAL:
ENGLISH
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
15 January-2 February 1996
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
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
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Introductory note
1.
On behalf of the Committee, the Secretariat invited the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on 31 May 1995, to submit
to the Committee by 1 September 1995 a report on information provided by States
to FAO on the implementation of article 14 and related articles of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
which would supplement the information contained in the reports of those States
parties to the Convention that will be considered at the fifteenth session.
These are the latest reports of Belgium, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Hungary,
Iceland, Paraguay and Ukraine.
2.
Other information sought by the Committee refers to the activities,
programmes and policy decisions undertaken by FAO to promote the implementation
of article 14 and related articles of the Convention.
3.
The report annexed hereto has been submitted in compliance with the
Committee’s request.
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