"Among the 21 communications received from the Centre for Human
Rights, the Working Group noted alleged acts of sexual violence perpetrated
by the army or the police force in the wake of civil war and internal armed
conflicts and by prison guards as well as sexual assault on women in police
stations.
"Referring to the information received from units, bodies and
specialized agencies of the United Nations, the Working Group observed that
communications from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) dealt with
the non-observance of several ILO conventions, such as the Equal
Remuneration Convention, the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention and the Maternity Protection Convention.
"Having considered all those communications, the Working Group took
the view that there had been a variety of cases received from all sources,
and that the communications that were directly received by the Division for
the Advancement of Women were related to areas that were within the
competence of the Commission on the Status of Women and were not dealt with
by other bodies and agencies of the United Nations. It noted also that in
spite of the diversity of cases the questions of sexual violence and equal
remuneration appeared to be the most prevalent.
"The Working Group noted with satisfaction the increasing number of
replies provided by Governments; however, it enjoined the Commission on the
Status of Women to urge Governments to supply more substantive replies.
"The Working Group proposed that further publicity be given to the
existing communications mechanism within the Commission on the Status of
Women.
"Based on those observations, the Working Group proposed to the
Commission, than, when considering the priority themes of 1994 related to
equality and peace, the Commission give due attention to the trends
emerging from the communications procedure for appropriate action by the
Economic and Social Council."
ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION
World Conference on Human Rights
26. At the 9th meeting, on 23 March 1993, the Vice-Chairperson of the
Commission, Mrs. Achie Luhulima (Indonesia) introduced a draft resolution
(E/CN.6/1993/L.5) entitled "World Conference on Human Rights", submitted on the
basis of informal consultations.
27. At the 13th meeting, on 25 March, the Vice-Chairperson informed the
Commission that during further informal consultations, the following revisions
had been agreed upon:
(a) In the fifth preambular paragraph, the words "referring to women’s
rights" were inserted after the words "the resolutions";
(b)
The operative paragraph, which had read:
"Urges Member States participating in the Preparatory Committee for
the World Conference on Human Rights at its fourth session and in the World
Conference on Human Rights to ensure that women’s rights and concerns are
considered under the substantive items of the provisional agenda for the
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