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Events

20th Meeting of States parties & 2018 elections

Date

07 June 2018

LOCATION

New York

The twentieth meeting of States parties took place in New York on 7 June 2018 with the aim of electing twelve members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to replace those members whose term of office will expire on 31 December 2018. States parties to the Convention were invited to nominate their candidates by 7 March 2018.

At the outset of the Meeting, Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia (Samoa) from the Asian Group was elected to serve as its Chair, Inigo Lambertini (Italy) from the Western European and Others Group and Christine Bailey (Jamaica) from the Latin American and Caribbean Group were elected Vice-Chairs.

Results

The individuals elected to fill the twelve positions on the Committee were:

Name State
Ms. Gladys ACOSTA VARGAS Peru
Ms. Hiroko AKIZUKI Japan
Ms. Tamader AL-RAMMAH Saudi Arabia
Ms. Louiza CHALAL Algeria
Ms. Naéla GABR Egypt
Ms. Lia NADARAIA Georgia
Ms. Aruna Devi NARAIN Mauritius
Ms. Ana PELAEZ NARVAEZ Spain
Ms. Rhoda REDDOCK Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Elgun SAFAROV Azerbaijan
Ms. Genoveva TISHEVA Bulgaria
Ms. Franceline TOE BOUDA Burkina Faso
Documentation
List of candidates submitted by States parties
Name State
Ms. Angela ABELA
[withdrawn]
Malta
Ms. Gladys ACOSTA VARGAS Peru
Ms. Hiroko AKIZUKI Japan
Ms. Tamader AL-RAMMAH Saudi Arabia
Ms. Dalal AL-ZAYED Bahrain
Ms. Louiza CHALAL Algeria
Ms. Sanja ELEZOVIĆ Montenegro
Ms. Naéla GABR Egypt
Ms. Lia NADARAIA Georgia
Ms. Aruna Devi NARAIN Mauritius
Ms. Ana PELAEZ NARVAEZ Spain
Ms. Rhoda REDDOCK Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Elgun SAFAROV Azerbaijan
Ms. Genoveva TISHEVA Bulgaria
Ms. Franceline TOE BOUDA Burkina Faso
Ms. Akanti AISSAH épse OURO-AKONDO Togo
Ms. Zohra RASEKH Afghanistan