Palestinian women 50. At the 11th meeting, on 28 March 1995, the representative of the Philippines, 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.6/1995/L.12) entitled "Palestinian women". 51. At the 14th meeting, on 31 March, the Commission adopted the draft resolution (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution II). 52. After the adoption of the draft resolution, statements were made by the representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Philippines (on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the Group of 77 and China) and the observer for Israel. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 53. At the 11th meeting, on 28 March 1995, the representative of Finland, on behalf of Argentina*, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Bulgaria, Canada*, Chile, Croatia*, Cyprus, Denmark*, the Dominican Republic*, Ecuador, Finland, France, the Gambia*, Germany*, Ghana*, Greece, Guinea, Iceland*, Ireland*, Italy*, Kenya, Morocco*, the Netherlands*, Norway*, the Philippines, Portugal, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden*, Turkey*, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland*, Zambia and Zimbabwe*, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1995/L.13) entitled "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women". Subsequently, Armenia*, the Bahamas, Bangladesh*, Belarus*, Burkina Faso*, Burundi*, Cambodia*, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire*, Eritrea*, Gabon*, Ghana*, Latvia*, Lesotho*, Liberia*, Namibia, New Zealand*, Nicaragua*, Nigeria*, Panama*, Poland*, Romania*, Sao Tome and Principe*, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago*, Tunisia and the United Republic of Tanzania* joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 54. At the 12th meeting, on 29 March, Ethiopia, Hungary*, Lithuania*, Madagascar and Slovakia joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 55. At the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the Russian Federation. 56. At the 14th meeting, on 31 March, Cameroon*, Chad*, the Congo, Finland, South Africa* and Suriname* joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 57. At the same meeting, the representative of Finland orally revised operative paragraph 11 of the draft resolution by replacing the word "monitor" with the words "follow-up". The Commission adopted the draft resolution as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution III). Traffic in women and girls 58. At the 11th meeting, on 28 March 1995, the representative of the Philippines, on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda*, Argentina*, Bangladesh*, Bolivia*, Côte d’Ivoire*, the Gambia*, Indonesia*, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Switzerland*, introduced a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1995/L.14) entitled "Traffic in women and girls". Subsequently, Belgium, Burkina Faso*, Burundi*, Cambodia*, Cameroon*, Chad*, Eritrea*, France, -60-