(j) In paragraph (i), the words "women’s issues" were replaced by the
words "women’s rights".
28. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of Japan,
France and Venezuela.
29. The Commission then adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see
chap. I, sect. C, resolution 37/4).
Women and children under apartheid
30. At the 9th meeting, on 23 March 1993, the representative of Egypt, on
behalf of the African States that are members of the Commission, 43/
introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1993/L.6) entitled "Women and children
under apartheid", which read as follows:
"Women and children under apartheid
"The Economic and Social Council,
"Recalling its resolution 1992/15 of 30 July 1992,
"Reaffirming the provisions of the Declaration on Apartheid and its
Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa, contained in the annex to
General Assembly resolution S-16/1 of 14 December 1989,
"Recalling General Assembly resolution [...],
"Alarmed by the grave socio-economic deprivation to which the majority
of the people, especially the women and children, are subjected as a direct
consequence of apartheid,
"Deeply concerned about the alleged State complicity in politically
motivated violence that has to date claimed thousands of lives and has left
hundreds of thousands homeless, the majority of whom are women and
children, especially in Natal and Transvaal provinces,
"Noting the positive changes initiated by the South African
authorities aimed at dismantling apartheid, which were the result of the
relentless struggle waged by the people of South Africa as well as the
pressure exerted by the international community,
"Welcoming the progress made by the Conference for a Democratic South
Africa and eventually the multiparty conference in discussing and debating
the political dispensation and future of a democratic, non-racial,
non-sexist South Africa,
"Concerned about the fact that women are not integrated in the ongoing
attempts to resolve the problems of South Africa by peaceful means as
envisaged in the Declaration on Apartheid, and stressing the need to ensure
their full participation in that process by, inter alia, directly involving
43/ At the 13th meeting, on 25 March, the representative of Egypt informed
the Commission that the draft resolution was submitted on behalf of the States
Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77.
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