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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

42nd session ( 20 October - 7 November 2008)

General Documentation:

Provisional Agenda : CEDAW/C/2008/III/1	A C E F R S
Status of Submission : CEDAW/C/2008/III/2	E
Reports provided by Specialized Agencies of the UN : CEDAW/C/2008/III/3	A C E F R S
Reports provided by Specialized Agencies of the UN : CEDAW/C/2008/III/3/Add.1	A C E F R S
Reports provided by Specialized Agencies of the UN : CEDAW/C/2008/III/3/Add.2	A C E F R S
Ways and Means : CEDAW/C/2008/III/4	A C E F R S
Information for NGOs	E F
Note by the Secretariat to ECOSOC	E \| F \| S \| A \| C \| R
Results of the forty-second and forty-third session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women E/CN.6/2009/CRP.1	E

Statements:

Opening Statement by the Chairperson	E
Closing remarks by the Chairperson	E
The High Commissioner's statement	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
BAHRAIN Plenary, Thursday 30 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.860 & 861	Combined initial and second periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/BHR/2 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/BHR/2/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| S \| R	CEDAW/C/BHR/Q/2 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/BHR/Q/2/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society Bahrain women union Bahrain Centre for HRs, Bahrain Youth Society for HRs, CARAM-ASIA	List Statement	CEDAW/C/BHR/CO/2 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
BELGIUM Plenary, Tuesday 21 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.852 CEDAW/C/SR.853 E F	Combined fifth and sixth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/BEL/6 A \| C\| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/BEL/Q/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/BEL/Q/6/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Islamic Human Rights Commission Ligue belge francophone des Droits de l’Homme	List Statement	CEDAW/C/BEL/CO/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
CANADA Chamber A, Wednesday 22 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.854(A) E F CEDAW/C/SR.855(A) E F	Combined sixth and seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/CAN/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/CAN/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/CAN/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	African Canadian Legal Clinic Amnesty International B.C. CEDAW Group Canadian Human Rights Commission Canadian Feminist Alliance For International Action (1), Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Alliance (2) and Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Alliance (3) Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) Fédération des femmes du Québec E \| F FORWARD - FOR Women's Autonomy, Rights and Dignity Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Justice for Girls and Justice for Girls International Six Nations Traditional Women's Council Fire and Haudenosaunee The poverty and human rights centre	List Statements E \| F	CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/7/Add.1/Corr.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
ECUADOR Chamber B, Wednesday 22 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.854(B) CEDAW/C/SR.855(B) E F	Seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/ECU/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/ECU/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/ECU/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CLADEM E \| S Corporacion Humanas – Ecuador E \| S Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Organizacion Ecuatoriana de mujeres lesbianas - OEML S Women’s Communication Workshop (Taller de Comunicación Mujer) Centre for Reproductive Rights	List Statement	CEDAW/C/ECU/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
EL SALVADOR Chamber A, Friday 31 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.862(A) E F CEDAW/C/SR.863(A) E F	Seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/SLV/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/SLV/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/SLV/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CLADEM E \| S Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Fundación de Estudios para la aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/SLV/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
KYRGYZSTAN Chamber B, Thursday 23 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.856(B) E F CEDAW/C/SR.857(B) E F	Third periodic report of States Parties CEDAW/C/KGZ/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/KGZ/Q/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/KGZ/Q/3/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Council of NGOs submission Forum of Women's NGOs Forum of Women's NGOs of Kyrgyzstan Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Human Rights Watch Labrys Tais Plus ¨ Human Rights Watch E - R Council of NGOs	List Statement 1 Statement 2	CEDAW/C/KGZ/CO/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
MADAGASCAR Chamber B, Friday 31 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.862(B) E F CEDAW/C/SR.863(B) E F	Fifth periodic report of States Parties CEDAW/C/MDG/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/MDG/Q/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/MDG/Q/5/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	World Organisation Against Torture - OMCT	List Statement	CEDAW/C/MDG/CO/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
MONGOLIA Chamber B, Friday 24 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.858(B) E F CEDAW/C/SR.859(B) E F	Combined fifth, sixth and seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/MNG/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/MNG/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/MNG/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Centre for Citizens' Alliance Coalition of Mongolian LGBT Rights Activists Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia	List Statement Presentation	CEDAW/C/MNG/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
MYANMAR Chamber A, Monday 3 November 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.864(A) E F CEDAW/C/SR.865(A) E F	Combined second and third periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/MMR/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Global Justice Center Women's League of Burma Women of Burma	List Statement	CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
PORTUGAL Chamber B, Monday 3 November 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.864(B) E F CEDAW/C/SR.865(B) E F	Sixth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/PRT/6 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/PRT/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/PRT/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/PRT/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative Portuguese Platform for Women's Rights	List Statement	CEDAW/C/PRT/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
SLOVENIA Chamber A, Friday 24 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.858(A) E F CEDAW/C/SR.859(A) E F	Fourth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/SVN/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/SVN/Q/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/SVN/Q/4/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Association for Helpline for women and children - victims of violence Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative NGOs and Independent Experts SKUC-LL	List Statement	CEDAW/C/SVN/CO/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
URUGUAY Chamber A, Thursday 23 October 2008 CEDAW/C/SR.856(A) E F CEDAW/C/SR.857(A) E F	Combined fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/URY/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/URY/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/URY/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Cladem [Spanish] Global initiative to end all corporate punishment of children and Questions proposed by Global initiative CLADEM E-S y Annexo	List Statement	CEDAW/C/URY/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S

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Report of the pre-session working group for the 42nd session
CEDAW/PSWG/2008/II/CRP.1 [A] [C] [E] [F] [R] [S]

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