41. At the 13th meeting, on 25 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution IV). 42. Before the draft resolution was adopted, the representative of Australia made a statement. Women and legal literacy 43. At the 11th meeting, on 24 March, the representative of the United States of America, on behalf of Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Belarus, Canada, 42/ Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, 42/ Ethiopia, 42/ Finland, France, Indonesia, Ireland, 42/ Israel, 42/ Italy, Lebanon, 42/ Malaysia, New Zealand, 42/ Norway, 42/ the Philippines, Poland, 42/ Portugal, 42/ The Republic of Korea, 42/ the Russian Federation, Slovenia, 42/ Thailand, Tunisia, 42/ Turkey, 42/ the United Republic of Tanzania, 42/ the United States of America and Venezuela, subsequently joined by Chile, Colombia, Croatia, 42/ Egypt, Gabon, 42/ Germany, 42/ Ghana, Greece, 42/ Japan, Jordan, 42/ Nigeria, Pakistan, Slovakia, the Sudan, Sweden, 42/ the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 42/ Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1993/L.13) entitled "Women and legal literacy". 44. At the 13th meeting, on 25 March, the representative of the United States of America, orally revised the draft resolution, as follows: (a) In the seventh preambular paragraph, the words "multiple and conflicting legal systems" were replaced by the words "multiple legal systems"; (b) In the eighth preambular paragraph, the words "customary and traditional views regarding women have often contributed to discrimination against women" were replaced by the words "some customary and traditional views regarding women contribute to discrimination against women". 45. Also at the 13th meeting, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C, resolution 37/5). 46. Before the draft resolution was adopted, the representatives of Bangladesh, France and Japan made statements. Women in extreme poverty 47. At the 13th meeting, on 25 March, the representative of Chile, on behalf of the States members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1993/L.16) entitled "Women in extreme poverty". Subsequently Australia, Denmark, 42/ Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, 42/ Spain and Turkey 42/ joined in sponsoring the draft resolution, which read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Recalling the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women for the period up to the year 2000, "Recalling also the Economic and Social Council resolution 1990/15 of 24 May 1990, -76-