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Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Fourth Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
At the sitting held on 27 May, the members of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality discussed, in principle, the Bill on the Confirmation of the Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, submitted by the Government. Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic said that the abovementioned Amendment related to the session dynamics of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women which has so far met only once a year for a maximum of 15 days.
He also thanked the Government of the Republic of Serbia which was, he added, quick to realise the importance of the issue.
Marija Stajic Radivojsa, advisor at the Human Rights and Environmental Protection Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that 68 countries have accepted the Amendment so far, 21 of them European Union members.
The Committee members unanimously accepted the Bill and decided to propose that the National Assembly accept the Bill on the Confirmation of the Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic.
Marija Stajic Radivojsa, advisor at the Human Rights and Environmental Protection Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that 68 countries have accepted the Amendment so far, 21 of them European Union members.
The Committee members unanimously accepted the Bill and decided to propose that the National Assembly accept the Bill on the Confirmation of the Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairman Meho Omerovic.