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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Sessions

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No.	Dates	State Reports	Location
Future sessions		Algeria, Belarus, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nepal, Niger, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe	Geneva
47	4 - 22 October 2010	Bahamas, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Czech Republic, Lesotho, Malta, Tunisia and Uganda	Geneva
46	12 - 30 July 2010	Albania, Argentina, Australia, Central African Republic, Fiji, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Seychelles and Turkey	New York
45	18 January - 5 February 2010	Botswana, Egypt, Malawi, Netherlands, Panama, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and Uzbekistan	Geneva
44	20 July - 7 August 2009	Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Denmark, Guinea Bissau, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Japan, Liberia, Spain, Switzerland, Timor Leste, and Tuvalu	New York
43	19 January - 6 February 2009	Armenia, Cameroon, Dominica, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Rwanda	Geneva
42	20 October - 7 November 2008	Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay	Geneva
41	30 June-18 July 2008	Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Nigeria, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania and Yemen	New York
40	14 January-1 February 2008	Bolivia, Burundi, Saudi Arabia, France, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco and Sweden	Geneva
39	23 July - 10 August 2007	Cook Islands, Belize, Brazil, Estonia, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea and Singapore	New York
38	14 May to 1 June 2007	Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic and Vanuatu	New York
37	15 January to 2 February 2007	Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Suriname, Tajikistan and Vietnam	New York
36	7 to 25 August 2006	Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Republic of Moldova and Uzbekistan	New York
35	15 May to 2 June 2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Guatemala, Malawi, Malaysia, Romania, Saint Lucia and Turkmenistan,	New York
34	16 January to 3 February 2006	Australia, Cambodia, Eritrea, Mali, Thailand, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo and Venezuela	New York
33	5 to 22 July 2005	Benin, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Gambia, Lebanon, Burkina Faso, Guyana, Ireland and Israel	New York
32	10 to 28 January 2005	Algeria, Croatia, Gabon, Italy, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Paraguay, Samoa and Turkey	New York
31	6 to 23 July 2004	Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Malta and Spain	New York
30	12 to 30 January 2004	Belarus, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Germany, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Nepa and, Nigeria	New York
29	30 June to 18 July 2003	Brazil,Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand and Slovenia	New York
28	13 to 31 January 2003	Albania, Canada, Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Kenya, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland	New York
Exceptional	5 to 23 August 2002	Argentina, Armenia, Barbados, Czech Republic, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Mexico, Peru, Uganda and Yemen	New York
27	3 to 21 June 2002	Belgium, Denmark, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, Tunisia, Ukraine and Zambia	New York
26	14 January - 1 February 2002	Estonia, Fiji, Iceland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay	New York
25	2-20 July 2001	Andorra, Guinea, Guyana, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Singapore, Sweden and Vietnam	New York
24	15 January -2 February 2001	Burundi, Egypt, Finland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mongolia and Uzbekistan	New York
23	12 - 30 June 2000	Austria, Cameroon, Cuba, Iraq, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova and Romania	New York
22	17 January - 4 February 2000	Belarus, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Germany, India, Jordan, Luxembourg and Myanmar	New York
21	7-25 June 1999	Belize, Chile, Georgia, Nepal, Spain and United Kingdom	New York
20	19 January - 5 February 1999	Algeria, China, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, Liechtenstein and Thailand	New York
19	22 June-10 July 1998	Nigeria, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, South Africa and United Republic of Tanzania	New York
18	19 January - 6 February 1998	Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Mexico and Zimbabwe	New York
17	7-25 July 1997	Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg and Namibia	New York
16	13 to 31 January 1997	Canada, Denmark, Morocco, Philippines, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovenia, Turkey and Venezuela	New York
15	15 January - 2 February 1996	Belgium, Cuba, Cyprus, Ethiopia, , Hungary, Iceland, Paraguay Rwanda and Ukraine.	New York
14	16 January - 3 February 1995	Bolivia, Chile, Croacia, Finland, Mauritius, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Tunisia and Uganda,	New York
13	17 January - 4 February 1994	Australia, Barbados, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Ecuador, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Guatemala, Guyana, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Senegal and Zambia	New York
1-12	1982-1993		New York

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