resolution (E/CN.6/1998/L.3) entitled "Human rights and land rights discrimination". 39. Subsequently, Angola, Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Guinea,1 Guinea-Bissau,1 Mali, Nigeria,1 the Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Switzerland,1 Togo, Uganda and the United States of America joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. 40. At the 13th meeting, on 13 March, the representative of the Sudan proposed an amendment to operative paragraph 5 of the draft resolution, by which the word "equal" was deleted before the word "inheritance". 41. The amendment was accepted by the observer for Zambia on behalf of the sponsors. 42. At the same meeting, the Commission agreed that no explanations of position would be made on the draft resolution. Upon that understanding, the Commission adopted the draft resolution, as orally amended (see chap. I, sect. D, Commission resolution 42/1). The girl child 43. At the 12th meeting, on 12 March, the Commission had before it a draft resolution (E/CN.6/1998/L.4) entitled "The girl child", submitted by the observer for Namibia,1 on behalf of Angola, Bangladesh,1 Botswana,1 Kyrgyzstan,1 Lesotho, Malawi,1 the Marshall Islands,1 Mauritius,1 Morocco, Namibia,1 Pakistan,1 South Africa,1 Swaziland, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania,1 Zambia1 and Zimbabwe.1 The draft resolution read as follows: "The Commission on the Status of Women, "Recalling General Assembly resolution 52/100 of 12 December 1997, "Also recalling all relevant conferences and human rights instruments as they concern the girl child, "Noting with appreciation the expert group meeting on adolescent girls and their rights, held at Addis Ababa from 13 to 17 October 1997, which was jointly organized by the Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund and the Economic Commission for Africa, "Deeply concerned about the discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, nutrition, physical and mental health care, in girls enjoying fewer rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation, and in violence and harmful practices, such as incest, early marriage, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation, "Taking note of the panel discussion held on the critical areas of concern on the girl child during the forty-second session of the Commission, "Stressing the need for more awareness-raising at the global level on the plight of the girl child, -50-