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The term of 11 CEDAW Committee members will be expiring on 31 December 2008.

This email is to alert you that the elections will be held on 30th July 2008 , at the fifteenth meeting of States parties to the Convention.

The 11 CEDAW Committee members whose term are expiring are:

-          Magalys Arocha Dominguez (Cuba)

-          Mary Shanthi Dairiam (Malaysia)

-          Françoise Gaspard (France)

-          Tiziana Maiolo (Italy)

-          Silvia Pimentel (Brazil)

-          Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling (Germany)

-          Heisoo Shin (Republic of Korea)

-          Glenda P. Simms (Jamaica)

-          Anamah Tan (Singapore)

-          Maria Regina Tavares da Silva (Portugal)

-          Xiaoqiao Zou (China).

Deadline for Nominations of New CEDAW Committee Members

Nominations for new members are due on 30 April 2008. States/Countries wishing to nominate a candidate should send the relevant form (which can be downloaded on the website of the OHCHR at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/CVForm.doc and submit it to

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, and in electronic version to jconnors@ohchr.org

Copy to stolainimolatte@ohchr.org

You may wish to facilitate this process by reminding the relevant office in your government of the deadline, and forwarding the form and contact details.

More information about the elections can be found on the website of the OHCHR at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/elections.htm.

International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
Tel: (603) 2282 2255
Fax: (603) 2283 2552
E-Mail: iwraw-ap@iwraw-ap.org
Website: http://www.iwraw-ap.org/

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