"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 -62-

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