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The General Assembly approved (by a near unanimous vote with
one abstention) the UN GA Third Committee's Draft Resolution[1] to
increase the number of
sessions of the CEDAW Committee from 2 sessions to 3 sessions per year.
The General Assembly agreed to:
(The above entails an amendment to Article 20 of the
Convention to make the change permanent.)
IWRAW Asia Pacific
[1] UN GA Third Committee (on Social, Humanitarian and
Cultural Issues) Draft Resolution on 16 November 2007 (Document
A/C.3/62/L.20/Rev.1)
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