Subsequently, Austria, Brazil, 42/ Cyprus, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, 42/ Slovakia, Switzerland 42/ and Turkey 42/ joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 40. At the 15th meeting, on 17 March, the representative of the Netherlands read out revisions to the draft resolution which had been agreed upon during informal consultations. The revisions were as follows: (a) In operative paragraph 1, the words "take all possible steps to fully implement" were replaced by the words "take all possible steps to eliminate violence against women, in accordance with"; (b) In operative paragraph 5, the words "appraisal of the implementation of the Declaration" were replaced by the words "appraisal of the action taken in accordance with the Declaration". 41. At the same meeting, Egypt, 42/ Guinea, the Philippines and the United States of America joined in sponsoring the revised draft resolution. 42. The Commission then adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, resolution 38/3). Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 43. At the 14th meeting, on 16 March 1994, the representative of Finland, on behalf of Argentina, 42/ Australia, Canada, 42/ Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, 42/ Finland, France, Israel, 42/ Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 42/ Norway, 42/ the Philippines, Sweden, 42/ Turkey 42/ and Zambia, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1994/L.12) entitled "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" and orally revised operative paragraph 4 by inserting the word "governmental" before the words "expert meeting". Subsequently, Angola, 42/ Belarus, Belgium, 42/ Bulgaria, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, 42/ Ethiopia, 42/ Germany, 42/ Greece, 42/ Guinea, GuineaBissau, India, Ireland, 42/ Kenya, Mali, 42/ Namibia, Pakistan, Portugal, 42/ the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, 42/ Spain, Thailand, the United Republic of Tanzania and Venezuela joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 44. At the 15th meeting, on 17 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution III). Palestinian women 45. At the 14th meeting, on 16 March 1994, the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1994/L.13) entitled "Palestinian women". 46. At the 17th meeting, on 18 March, the Chairperson informed the Commission that the sponsors had revised operative paragraph 3 by deleting the word "immediately" after the words "to facilitate". 47. At the same meeting, the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the sponsors, further orally revised the draft resolution as follows: -68-