CEDAW/C/1997/3/Add.3 English Page 24 Table 29. The number and percentage of women permanent representatives accredited to the Director-General of UNESCO in 1996 Permanent representatives accredited to the Director-General of UNESCO Men Women 152 131 32 86.18 13.82 Number Percentage Table 30. Breakdown into different groups of the 21 women permanent representatives accredited to the Director-General Group I Andorra, San Marino Group II Belarus, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland Group III Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Peru Group IV New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka Group Va South Africa, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius Group Vb Syrian Arab Republic Table 31. The number of women occupying posts of Director at UNESCO in August 1996 Men Women Directors 109 18 Deputy Directors-General 12 2 D2 22 1 D1 75 15 39. Since February 1996 we can observe progress towards greater equality between men and women: in that month there were 121 men and 16 women occupying directors' posts as against 109 men and 18 women in August 1996. 3. General trends in the political and public participation of women throughout the world 40. Local communities, municipal councils, parliamentary institutions (higher and lower chambers) and national representative bodies constitute the main centres of political and public participation. Participation in elections is an essential element of participation in political life but the data appropriate /...