22nd plenary meeting

4 May 1982

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

The Economic and Social Council,

Noting General Assembly resolution 34/l80 of l8 December l979, in which the Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 35/l40 of ll December l980,

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 36/l3l of l4 December l98l,

Stressing the central role of the Commission on the Status of Women in considering within the United Nations matters relating to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace,

Reaffirming its conviction that the ratification of, or accession to, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the implementation of its provisions are important for the attainment of the three objectives of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace,

l. Welcomes with great satisfaction the entry into force on 3 September l98l of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;

2. Urges Governments that have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or to accede to it;

3. Expresses its interest in the earliest possible commencement of the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women provided for in part five of the Convention, in particular with a view to considering national reports on the implementation of the Convention in accordance with article l8 thereof;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the reports of the Committee to the Commission on the Status of Women for its information;

5. Recommends that the Commission on the Status of Women should include the question of the status of the Convention in the agenda of its thirtieth session;

6. Recommends the Secretary-General to consider a concerted information effort to spread knowledge regarding the Convention.