as follows: Chryssanthi Norma Monica Laiou-Antoniou, 11. At the 113rd meeting, working group introduced (CEDAW/C/CBP.17). Porde (Chairman), fi/ Ryoko Akamatsu, Edith Oeser and Kongit Sinegiorgis. tha Chairman on 22 January, the report of the pre-session of the pre-session working group 18. She said that the pre-session working group had been required to prepare lists of issues and questions relating to the second periodic reports of eight countries: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda and Yugoslavia. In preparing the lists, the pre-session working group had placed emphasis on the complex issues of equality and had considered that members of the Committee might wish to pose other relevant questions to the representatives of the States parties at the session in order to provoke a dialogue during the presentation of the second and third perioclia reports similar to that which had characterieed the presentation of the initial report. 19. The working and Portugal, for second and third account the latest consideration of the Committee to and questions had of replies on 16 group had considered it essential that, in the case of Poland which third periodic reports had been submitted, both the periodic reports be discussed together, in order to take into developments in those countries and to avoid delaying then those new reports because of the limited time available to do so. As suggested by the Committee, the lists of issues been transmitted to the States parties for the preparation January 1991. 20. The Committee cousidered its organisation of work at its 17lst-174th 165th meetings on 21, 22 and 30 January. The Committee bad before it the following documents: (a) Organisation in consultation with Women of work (CEDAW/C/CRP.13), prepared the Chairman of the Committees (b) Report of the Committee on its nintb session; 11 (c) Committee on the Elimination General guidelines and updated regarding the form and content and by the secretariat of Discrimination against recommendations adopted by the of periodic reports (CEDAW/C/INF.7)} (d) Economic and Social Council resolution 1990117 entitled: “Elimination of discrimination against women in accordance with the aims of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women” j (e) Elimination General Assembly of Discrimination resolution against (f) Ways and means of expediting (CEDAWKKRP.16); (g) Report of the pre-sesefon 451124, Women”; entitled the work working -7- group “Convention of the Committee (CEDAWKKRP.17). on the

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