The Committee held its twenty-sixth session at United Nations Headquarters, from 14 January-1 February 2002.

Countries Reporting

The Committee will have before it the reports of the following States parties:

The combined initial, second and third periodic report of Estonia
         CEDAW/C/EST/1-3
         Summary record of the 539th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 540th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 548th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The initial report of Fiji
         CEDAW/C/FJI/1
         Summary record of the 530th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 531st meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 538th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The combined third and fourth periodic report of Iceland
         CEDAW/C/ICE/3-4
         Summary record of the 532nd meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 533rd meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The fourth and fifth periodic reports of Portugal
         CEDAW/C/PRT/4
         CEDAW/C/PRT/5
         Summary record of the 534th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 535th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation
         CEDAW/C/USR/5
         Summary record of the 543rd meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 544th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The combined third and fourth periodic report of Sri Lanka
         CEDAW/C/LKA/3-4
         Summary record of the 545th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 546th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The combined initial, second and third periodic report of Trinidad & Tobago
         CEDAW/C/TTO/1-3
         Summary record of the 536th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 537th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 547th meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

The combined second and third periodic report of Uruguay
            CEDAW/C/URY/2-3
         Summary record of the 541st meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]
         Summary record of the 542nd meeting [ A | C | E | F | R | S ]

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The dates and time when the Committee will consider the above reports, as well as other issues to be considered, can be found in the provisional agenda and organization of work of the Committee (CEDAW/C/2002/I/1) [Advance Unedited version,   PDF ].

At every session the Committee invites NGOs to submit country specific information relating to the States parties being considered by the Committee at that session. All pertinent information/reports should be forwarded to the following address:

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
c/o
United Nations
Division for the Advancement of Women
2 UN Plaza, 12th Floor, DC2-1228
New York, N.Y. 10017
or
e-mail: connorsj@un.org.

The Committee has set time aside from 3-4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 January 2002, to hear oral submissions from NGOs with regard to the above-mentioned States parties reports.

Statements

Statement by Ms. Angela E.V. King to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women at its Twenty-Sixth Session, 14 January 2002

Statement of solidarity with Afghan Women (Annex 1 of document E.CN.6/2002/CRP.1)

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Report

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 26th session [A/57/38 (Part I) ]

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Press Releases

• [1 February 2002] COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION; CONSIDERED REPORTS BY EIGHT COUNTRIES
  
• [29 January 2002] COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ESTONIA'S COMPLIANCE WITH ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION
  
  
• [29 January 2002] COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REPORT
  
  
• [28 January 2002] COMMITTEE EXPERTS URGE SRI LANKA TO TAKE 'SPECIAL TEMPORARY MEASURES' TO ADVANCE DE FACTO EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN
  
  
• [25 January 2002] COMMITTEE IS GENERALLY 'ENCOURAGED' BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION REPORT, BUT CONCERNED OVER CHECHNYA, WOMEN'S ACCESS TO SENIOR POSITIONS
  
  
• [24 January 2002] COMMITTEE EXPERTS CASTIGATE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN URUGUAY
  
  
• [23 January 2002] COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERN OVER REVIVAL OF GENDER STEREOTYPES, HIGH ABORTION RATES, AS ESTONIA REPORTS ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION
  
  
• [22 January 2002] COMPLETING CONSIDERATION OF FIJI REPORT, COMMITTEE TOLD CONVENTION IS 'A LIVING REALITY' IN FIJI
  
  
• [21 January 2002] EXPERTS WELCOME POSITIVE ASPECTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MEASURES BUT STRESS PERSISTENCE OF GENDER-BASED CONSTRAINTS
  
  
• [18 January 2002] COMMITTEE EXPERTS PRAISE PORTUGAL'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF WOMEN
  
  
• [17 January 2002] COMMITTEE WELCOMES ICELAND'S REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
  
  
• [16 January 2002] COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS INITIL REPORT OF FIJI
  
  
• [14 January 2002] COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS 26TH SESSION: RECAPITULATES DURBAN, DISCUSSES RECENT PROGRESS, FUTURE ACTION
  
  
• [9 January 2002] WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION IN NEW YORK, 14 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY
  Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties
  
  

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