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16th Meeting of States Parties, 2010
Election of the members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2010
15th Meeting of States Parties, 2008

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Future sessions

States examined, schedule and summary records	Core document and State report	Lists of issues and written replies	Information provided to the Committee	Delegation lists and statements	Concluding Observations
AZERBAIJAN	Fifth periodic report CEDAW/C/AZE/5 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/AZE/Q/5 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/AZE/Q/5/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/AZE/CO/5 A C E F R S
BELGIUM	Seventh periodic report CEDAW/C/BEL/7 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/BEL/Q/7 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/BEL/Q/7/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/BEL/CO/7 A C E F R S
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Combined initial and second periodic reports CEDAW/C/BRN/1-2 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/BRN/Q/1-2 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/BRN/Q/1-2/Add.1 A C E F R S	.	List Statement	CEDAW/C/BRN/CO/1-2 A C E F R S
CHINA	Combined seventh and eighth periodic reports CEDAW/C/CHN/7-8 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/CHN-HKG/7-8 A C E F R S (already formatted as UN document) CEDAW/C/CHN-MAC/7-8 A C E F R S (already formatted as UN document)	CEDAW/C/CHN/Q/7-8 A C E F R S EDAW/C/CHN/Q/7-8/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/CHN/CO/7-8 A C E F R S
ECUADOR	Combined eighth and ninth periodic reports CEDAW/C/ECU/8-9 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/ECU/Q/8-9 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/ECU/CO/8-9 A C E F R S
ERITREA	Fourth periodic report CEDAW/C/ERI/4 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/ERI/Q/4 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/ERI/Q/4/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/ERI/CO/4 A C E F R S
GABON	Sixth periodic report CEDAW/C/GAB/6 (hard copy only)	CEDAW/C/GAB/Q/6 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/GAB/Q/6/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/GAB/CO/6 A C E F R S
GHANA	Combined Sixth and Seventh periodic reports CEDAW/C/GHA/6-7 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/GHA/Q/6-7 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/GHA/Q/6-7/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/GHA/CO/6-7 A C E F R S
GUINEA	Combined seventh and eighth periodic reports CEDAW/C/GIN/7-8 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/GIN/Q/7-8 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/GIN/Q/7-8/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/GIN/CO/7-8 A C E F R S
KYRGYZSTAN	Fourth periodic report CEDAW/C/KGZ/4 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/KGZ/Q/4 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/KGZ/Q/4/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/KGZ/CO/4 A C E F R S
MALDIVES	Combined fourth and fifth periodic reports CEDAW/C/MDV/4-5 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/MDV/Q/4-5 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/MDV/Q/4-5/Add.1 A C E F R S	Hope for Women (for PSWG)		CEDAW/C/MDV/CO/4-5 A C E F R S
POLAND	Combined seventh and eighth periodic reports CEDAW/C/POL/7-8 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/POL/Q/7-8 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/POL/Q/7-8/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/POL/CO/7-8 A C E F R S
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Combined initial, second and third periodic reports CEDAW/C/SLB/1-3 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/SLB/Q/1-3 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/SLB/Q/1-3/Add.1 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/SLB/Q/1-3/Add.2 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/SLB/Q/1-3/Add.3 A C E F R S	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (for PSWG) International Disability Alliance submission (for PSWG) Joint NGOs submission (for the session) The Equal Rights Trust (for the session)	List Statement	CEDAW/C/SLB/CO/1-3 A C E F R S
TUVALU	Combined third and fourth periodic reports CEDAW/C/TUV/3-4 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/TUV/Q/3-4 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/TUV/Q/3-4/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/TUV/CO/3-4 A C E F R S
VENEZUELA	Seventh and eighth periodic reports CEDAW/C/VEN/7-8 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/VEN/Q/7-8 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/VEN/Q/7-8/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/VEN/CO/7-8 A C E F R S
VIET NAM	Combined seventh and eighth periodic reports CEDAW/C/VNM/7-8 A C E F R S	CEDAW/C/VNM/Q/7-8 A C E F R S CEDAW/C/VNM/Q/7-8/Add.1 A C E F R S		List Statement	CEDAW/C/VNM/CO/7-8 A C E F R S

Consideration of the implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report

States examined, schedule and summary records

Core document and State reports

Lists of issues and written replies

Information provided to the Committee

Delegation lists and statements

Concluding Observations

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