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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

41st session (30 June- 18 July 2008)

Provisional Agenda	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R
Statement by Mr. Mbaidjol, Director, New York Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	E
Statement by Ms. Hannan, Director , Division for the Advancement of Women	E
Statement by Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women	E
Opening statement of by Chairperson	E
Statement by Ms Ines Alberdi, Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women	E
Status of submission - CEDAW/C/2008/II/2	E only
Reports provided by the specialized agencies of the UN CEDAW/C/2008/II/3	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R
FAO - CEDAW/C/2008/II/3/Add.1	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R
UNESCO - CEDAW/C/2008/II/3/Add.2	E \| F \| A \| R
ILO - CEDAW/C/2008/II/3/Add.4	E \| F \| C \| R
Ways and Means	E \| F \| S \| C \| R
NGO participation	E
Submission from the Inter-Parliamentary Union	E \| F
Closing remarks by Ms. Dubravka Šimonović	E

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
FINLAND Wednesday, 9 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.841 CEDAW/C/SR.842	Fifth & Sixth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/FIN/5 A \| C\| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/FIN/6 A \| C\| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/FIN/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/FIN/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children	List Statement	CEDAW/C/FIN/CO/6 E \| F \| S
ICELAND Tuesday, 8 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.839 CEDAW/C/SR.840	Fifth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/ICE/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S Annexes to CEDAW/C/ICE/5 E CEDAW/C/ICE/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/ICE/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/ICE/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| S \| R	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children	List Statement	CEDAW/C/ICE/CO/6 E \| F \| S
LITHUANIA Wednesday, 2 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.834 CEDAW/C/SR.835	Third and Fourth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/LTU/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/LTU/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/LTU/Q/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/LTU/Q/4/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| S \| R	Center for Equality Advancement Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Social Innovation Fund and European Innovation Center for Lithuanian Coalition of NGOs for Protection of Women’s Humans Rights Center for Reproductive Rights	List Statement	CEDAW/C/LTU/CO/4 E \| F \| S
NIGERIA Thursday, 3 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.836 CEDAW/C/SR.837	Sixth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/NGA/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S Annex to CEDAW/C/NGA/6 E	CEDAW/C/NGA/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/NGA/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children IDMC Nigeria NGO Coalition BAOBAB coordination for Women’s Human Rights for the Nigeria NGO CEDAW Coalition Center for Reproductive Rights & letter	List Statement	CEDAW/C/NGA/CO/6 E \| F \| S
SLOVAKIA Monday, 14 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.847 CEDAW/C/SR.848	Fourth periodic report of States Parties CEDAW/C/SVK/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S Annexes to CEDAW/C/SVK/4 E	CEDAW/C/SVK/Q/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDEAW/C/SVK/Q/4/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Centre for Civil and Human Rights-FIDH Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Slovak NGO Coalition	List Statement	CEDAW/C/SVK/CO/4 E \| F \| S
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Thursday, 10 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.843 CEDAW/C/SR.844	Fifth and Sixth periodic reports of States parties CEDAW/C/UK/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/UK/5/ADD.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/UK/5/ADD.2 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S ] CEDAW/C/UK/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S Annex to CEDAW/C/UK/6: E CEDAW/C/UK/6/ADD.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S Annex to CEDAW/C/UK/6/ADD.1 E CEDAW/C/UK/6/ADD.2 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/UK/Q/6 A\| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/UK/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Equality and HR Commission - June 2008 FPA in Northern Ireland Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children and Add. Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) WRC Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Northern Ireland Women's European Platform 1-2 Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Thematic Shadow Report on Violence Against Women in the UK UK Women’s National Commission Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM) Lesbian Line (Northern Ireland)	List Opening Statement Closure Statement	CEDAW/C/UK/CO/6 E \| F \| S
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Friday, 11 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.845 CEDAW/C/SR.846	Combined fourth, fifth and sixth periodic reports of States parties CEDAW/C/TZA/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/TZA/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/TZA/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children HAI Women’s Legal Aid Centre (WLAC)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/TZA/CO/6 E \| F \| S
YEMEN Tuesday, 1 July 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.832 CEDAW/C/SR.833	Sixth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/YEM/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/YEM/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/YEM/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Sisters Arab Forum For Human Rights	List Statement	CEDAW/C/YEM/CO/6 E \| F \| S

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Pre-session working group (21 to 25 July 2008)

The pre-session working group of the Committee will draft lists of issues and questions for States parties whose reports will be considered at the 43rd session in January 2009.

Report of the pre-session working group for the 40th and 41st session
CEDAW/PSWG/2008/I/CRP.1 [E] [F] [S] [R] [C] [A]

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