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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

16th session (13 to 31 January 1997)

Provisional Agenda	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
A/52/38/Rev.1 (SUPP) Part 1: Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its sixteenth session. Part 2: Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its seventeenth session	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
Statements: Ms. Angela E.V. King, Director of DAW Ms. Ivanka Corti, former Chairperson of CEDAW Nafis Sadik, Director UNFPA Carol Bellamy, Director UNICEF Noeleen Heyzer, Director UNIFEM Thelma Awori, Deputy Assistant Administrator of UNDP

States examined, schedule and summary records	Core documents and States reports	Lists of issues and written replies	Information provided to the Committee	Delegation lists and statements	Concluding Observations
MOROCCO 14 January, Morocco 14 January, Morocco 20 January, Morocco	Initial report CEDAW/C/MOR/1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E \| F
SLOVENIA 15 January, Slovenia 16 January, Slovenia 20 January, Slovenia	Initial report CEDAW/C/SVN/1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E
CANADA 28 January, Canada 28 January, Canada	Periodic reports CEDAW/C/CAN/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/CAN/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E \| F
DENMARK 24 January, Denmark 24 January, Denmark	Periodic reports CEDAW/C/DEN/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E
PHILIPPINES 27 January, Philippines 27 January, Philippines	Periodic reports CEDAW/C/PHI/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/PHI/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 17 January, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21 January, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Periodic report CEDAW/C/STV/1-3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E
TURKEY 17 January, Turkey 17 January, Turkey	Periodic report CEDAW/C/TUR/2-3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E
VENEZUELA 22 January, Venezuela 22 January, Venezuela	Periodic report CEDAW/C/VEN/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S				Part of A/52/38 E \| S
ZAIRE 17 January, Zaire	The report submitted on an exceptional basis 344. At its 317th meeting, on 16 January 1997, the Committee, on the recommendation of its Bureau, considered an oral report presented on an exceptional basis by the representative of Zaire.				Part of A/52/38 E \| F

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