| Date | 22 December 2003 |
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The President
Before proceeding further, I should like to inform members that action on draft resolution VII will be postponed to a later date to allow time for a review of its programme budget implications by the Fifth Committee. The Assembly will take action on draft resolution VII as soon as the report of the Fifth Committee on its programme budget implications is available.
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolutions I to VI, recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 43 of its report, and on the two draft decisions recommended by the Committee in paragraph 44 of the same report.
I give the floor to those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote or position before action is taken on the draft resolution.
Ms. Molaroni (San Marino)
San Marino will join the consensus on the draft resolution on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as we did in the Third Committee. We are proud to announce that we deposited the instruments of ratification of the Convention on 10 December 2003, after the conclusion of the work of the Third Committee. Unfortunately, the rules of procedure of the General Assembly do not allow us to sponsor the draft resolution. Had that been possible, we would have done so.
Mr. Fox (United States)
For the reasons given when the Third Committee considered what is now draft resolution IV on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the United States disassociates itself from the consensus.
Ms. Gunnarsdóttir (Iceland)
With regard to draft resolution IV on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, my delegation has noticed a mistake in the reference to the resolution in the first line of the first preambular paragraph. The reference should be to resolution 57/178 of 18 December 2002.
The President
That intervention has been noted.
Mr. Hof (Netherlands)
With regard to draft resolution VI, on the elimination of domestic violence against women, we would like to make two corrections to the text to reflect two revisions that were made before the adoption of the draft resolution in the Third committee. The first one relates to the last part of operative paragraph 3, where the words "where perpetrated or condoned by the State" should be replaced by "where condoned by the State".
The second correction relates to paragraph 7 (m). The last two words, "and trafficking", were deleted before the adoption of the resolution in the Third Committee.
The President
Those details have been noted.
Draft resolution I is entitled "Women and political participation".
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution I without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
Draft resolution II is entitled "Violence against women migrant workers".
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution II without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
Draft resolution III is entitled "Improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system".
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution III without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
Draft resolution IV is entitled "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", as orally corrected.
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution IV without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
Draft resolution V is entitled "Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas".
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution V without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
Draft resolution VI is entitled "Elimination of domestic violence against women", as orally corrected.
The Third Committee adopted draft resolution VI without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
We now turn to draft decision I, entitled "Recommendations of the Committee for Programme and Coordination".
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft decision I as recommended by the Third Committee?
The President
Draft decision II is entitled "Documents considered by the General Assembly in connection with the advancement of women".
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft decision II recommended by the Third Committee?
The President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 110.
