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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

48th session (Geneva, 17 January - 4 February 2011)

Geneva, Palais des Nations, Salle XVI

General documentation:

CEDAW/C/48/1 - Provisional Agenda and Schedule of Dialogues	A C E F R S
CEDAW/C/48/2 - Status of submission of report by States parties	A C E F R S
CEDAW/C/48/3 - Reports provided by Specialized Agencies of the UN	A C E F R S
CEDAW/C/48/3/Add.1 - UNESCO under Reports provided by Specialized Agencies of the UN	A C E F R S
Updated NGO Notes for 48th session and pre-session	E
Results of the forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women E/CN.6/2011/CRP.1	A C E F R S

Statements:

Opening address by Ms. Isha Dyfan, Chief of the Women’s Rights and Gender Section	E
Opening Statement by the Chair	E
Statement by the newly elected Chair	E
Closing remarks of the Chair	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	Comments from States parties to Concluding Observations
BANGLADESH CEDAW/C/SR.969 & 970	Combined 6th and 7th periodic reports of States parties CEDAW/C/BGD/6-7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/BGD/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/BGD/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Citizens' Initiative on CEDAW Bangladesh (for the PSWG) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Bangladesh (for the PSWG) Migrant Forum in Asia (for the session) Center for Reproductive Rights (for the session)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/BGD/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
BELARUS CEDAW/C/SR.973 & 974	Seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/BLR/7 A \| C \| E\| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/BLR/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/BLR/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) Public Association Women's Independent Democratic Movement (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Belarus (for the PSWG) The Equal Rights Trust (for the session) Women's Independent Democratic Movement (for the session)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Note verbale 22-02-11 Note verbale 23-05-11
ISRAEL CEDAW/C/SR.961 & 962	Fourth and Fifth periodic reports CEDAW/C/ISR/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/ISR/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/ISR/Q/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/ISR/Q/5/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights (for the session) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Israel (for the PSWG) NGO Monitor (for the session) TAU-ORAM (for the session) Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (for the session) Women Citizens of Israel (for the session) Kav LaOved (for the session)	List Statement First and Second	CEDAW/C/ISR/CO/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
KENYA CEDAW/C/SR.963 & 964	Seventh periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/KEN/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/KEN/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/KEN/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Amnesty International (for the session) Franciscans International (for the session) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for the session) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Kenya (for the PSWG) Joint NGO Report (for the session)	List and Additional list Statement	CEDAW/C/KEN/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
LIECHTENSTEIN CEDAW/C/SR.965 & 966	Fourth periodic report of States parties CEDAW/C/LIE/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/LIE/Q/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/LIE/Q/4/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Liechtenstein (for the PSWG) INFRA (for the session) University of Liechtenstein (for the session) [E]	List Statement	CEDAW/C/LIE/CO/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
SRI LANKA CEDAW/C/SR.971 & 972	Combined fifth, sixth and seventh periodic reports of States parties CEDAW/C/LKA/5-7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/LKA/Q/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/LKA/Q/7/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	COHRE (for the session) ECCHR (for the session) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) Women and Media Collective Sri Lanka (for the PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance Sri Lanka (for the PSWG) WSG (for the session) Women and Media Collective (for the session)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/7 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/7/Corr.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
SOUTH AFRICA CEDAW/C/SR.967 & 968	Combined second, third and fourth periodic reports of States parties CEDAW/C/ZAF/2-4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	CEDAW/C/ZAF/Q/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S CEDAW/C/ZAF/Q/4/Add.1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Amnesty International (for the session) Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance (for the session) International Disability Alliance South Africa (for the PSWG) Joint NGO Report (for the session) Masimanyane Women's Support Centre (for the session) POWA and others (for the PSWG) Women's Legal Centre (for the PSWG) Gender Equality (CGE) (for PSWG) National Council of Women of South Africa (for the session)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/ZAF/CO/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S

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Report of the pre-session working group for the 48th session : CEDAW/PSWG/2010/48 -A C E F R S

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