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HURC-WDIS-CONS 145375 · Document · 1980.12.03
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Jordan today signed the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights or rural Women are given special attention , as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution.
Hazem Nuseibeh, Jordan's Permanent Representative to the UN, signs the Convention as United Nations Legal Counsel Erik Suy looks on.

HURC-WDIS-CONS 148113 · Document · 1981.11.29
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Panama has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which came into force on 3 September 1981. Its instrument of ratification was presented to the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Erik Suy (right), by the Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, Carlos Ozores Typaldos, on 29 October. This six-part, 30 articles instrument, adopted on 18 December 1979 by the General Assembly sets forth measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination against women in various fields, including political political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights of rural women are given special attention, as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution.

HURC-WDIS-CONS UN 143089 · Document · 1980.03.07
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Sweden today became the second country (after Cuba) to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which was opened for signature at UN Headquarters on 1 March. The General Assembly, through resolution 34/180 adopted the Convention on 18 December 1979 and asked the Secretary-General to present its text to the 1980 World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, to be held in Copenhagen from 14 to 30 July.
UN Legal Counsel, Erik Suy, looks on while Sweden's Permanent Representative to the UN, Anders I. Thunborg signs.

HURC-WDIS-CONS UN 143296 · Document · 1980.04.23
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Portugal today ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted 18 December 1979 , by General Assembly resolution 38/180. The Convention cover measures to be taken by States to eliminate discrimination in political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health, marriage and the family. Rural women are given special attention, as are the elimination of the stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, scheduled from 14-30 July in Copenhagen.
Vasco Futscher Pereira, Portugal's Permanent Representative to the UN, signing the Convention today. Looking on are Maria Isabel Lino Neto Padua, Second Secretary of the Embassy, and Eric Suy, UN Legal Counsel.

HURC-WDIS-CONS UN 143585 · Document · 1980.05.29
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was signed today by the Governement of the Polish People's Republic. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights or rural Women are given special attention , as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, to be held in Copenhagen from 14 to 30 July, for its information.
Ryszard Frelek, Poland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, signing the Convention at UN Headquarters as Erik Suy, UN Legal Counsel, looks on.

HURC-WDIS-CONS UN 143618 · Document · 1980.05.30
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was signed today by the Government of Bolivia. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States Parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage,and the family. Rights of rural women are given special attention, as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women, to be held in Copenhagen from 14 to 30 July, for its information.
Sergio Palacios de Vizzio, Bolivia's Permanent Representative to the UN, signing the Convention at UN Headquarters as Erik Suy, UN Legal Counsel, and Martha Montenegro, First Secretary, Bolivian Mission, looks on.

HURC-WDIS-CONS UN 143663 · Document · 1980.06.06
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The Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was signed today by the Government of Hungarian People's Republic. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights or rural Women are given special attention , as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women, to be held in Copenhagen from 14 to 30 July, for its information.
Imre Hollai Hungary's Permanent Representative to the UN, signs the Convention at UN Headquarters. Looking on from left are, Ivan Budai, Third Secretary of the Hungarian Mission to the UN and Eric Suy, UN Legal Counsel.