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107TH CONGRESS ExEc. REPT.
2d Session SENATE 107-9
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
SEPTEMBER 6, 2002.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BIDEN, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 96-53]
The Committee on Foreign Relations to which was referred the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
on December 18, 1979, and signed on behalf of the United States
of America on July 17, 1980, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon and recommends that the Senate give its advice
and consent to ratification thereof, subject to four reservations, five
understandings, and two declarations as set forth in this report
and the accompanying resolution of advice and consent to ratifica-
tion.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rpose ........................................................................................................... 2
II. B ackground .................................................................................................... 2
III. E ntry Into Force ........................................................................................... 3
IV . Com m ittee Action .......................................................................................... 4
V . M ajor Provisions ............................................................................................ 4
VI. Com m ittee Com m ents ................................................................................... 5
VII. Summary of Provisions in the Resolution of Advice and Consent ............. 7
VIII. Text of Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification .......................... 11
IX. Minority Views of Senators Helms, Lugar, Hagel, Frist, Allen,
Brow nback, and Enzi ................................................................................ 14
X. Additional Views of Senators Helms, Brownback, and Enzi ...................... 20
XI. Additional Views of Senator Frist ................................................................ 24
XII. Additional Views of Senator Allen ...................................26
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