Greetings from IWRAW Asia Pacific!
The Nineteenth Meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was held on 21 June 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The purpose of the meeting was to elect individuals to fill the eleven positions on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women which will become vacant on 31 December 2016.
The following candidates were elected. The elected members will begin their term in January 2017 and their mandates will expire in December 2020.
Ms. Nicole Ameline (France)
Mr. Gunnar Bergby (Norway)
Ms. Marion Bethel (Bahamas)
Ms. Hilary Gbedemah (Ghana)
Ms. Nahla Haidar (Lebanon)
Ms. Dalia Leinarte (Lithuania)
Ms. Rosario G. Manalo (Philippines)
Ms. Theodora Nwankwo (Nigeria)
Ms. Bandana Rana (Nepal)
Ms. Wenyan Song (China)
Ms. Aicha Vall Verges (Mauritania)
IWRAW Asia Pacific congratulates the re-elected and the newly elected members of the CEDAW Committee. We welcome the new members and look forward to continued and strengthened engagement with the CEDAW Committee.
UN CEDAW Committee Website: http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
Извор: WUNRN – 27.06.2016
