Wednesday, 6 April 2005 Order of the Day of the Commission on Human Rights (Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005) Wednesday, 6 April 2005 Plenary meetings 35th meeting 36th meeting Item 12: 10.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m. Conference room XVII Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: (a) Violence against women. E/CN.4/2005/63, E/CN.4/2005/68, E/CN.4/2005/69-E/CN.6/2005/6, E/CN.4/2005/70E/CN.6/2005/7, E/CN.4/2005/71 & Add.1, E/CN.4/2005/72 & Corr.1 & Add.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, E/CN.4/2005/133, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/12, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/17, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/28, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/49, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/50, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/72, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/88, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/91, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/116, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/118, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/125, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/141, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/146, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/187, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/197, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/205, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/224, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/228, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/245, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/250, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/268, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/273, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/285, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/318, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/336 Notes The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows: Items 6 & 7 Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. Item 8 Items 9 & 10 Friday, 8 April 2005, 3.00 p.m. Monday, 11 April 2005, 3.00 p.m. Items 11, 12 & 13 Items 14, 15 & 16 Items 17 - 21 & 3 Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. Thursday, 14 April 2005, 6.00 p.m. All delegations scheduled to take the floor must provide the Secretariat beforehand with 25 copies of their statements. For general distribution, 250 copies are needed. Identity photo-badges valid for the duration of the session may be obtained by all delegations, if needed, from the UNOG Security and Safety Section at the villa “Les Feuillantines”(13, avenue de la Paix) from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. upon presentation of a copy of their letter of accreditation and an identity document. /... ____________________________ E/CN.4/2005/OD.17 GE.05-011230 -2- Persons invited Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (item 12) Ms. Sigma Huda, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children (item 12) Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (item 12) List of speakers Item 12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Members Australia (on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (on behalf of the Arab Group) Pakistan Egypt Malaysia Cuba Ecuador Nigeria Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC) Lithuania (on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic States) Romania Burkina Faso Ukraine Dominican Republic Qatar Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union) India Indonesia Japan Honduras Mauritania United States of America South Africa Germany Paraguay Russian Federation Republic of Korea Sudan Kenya Eritrea China Ireland Armenia Bhutan Mexico /… -3Item 12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Item 12 1. 2. Observers Council of Europe Jordan Liechtenstein International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Yemen Oman Norway Iraq World Bank Syrian Arab Republic Vietnam Chile World Health Organization Myanmar African Union UNAIDS Poland Azerbaijan Venezuela Algeria Bahrain Afghanistan United Nations Populations Fund Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Democratic Republic of the Congo Morocco Colombia Inter-Parliamentary Union Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Bangladesh Turkey Thailand Haiti Nicaragua Cameroon Croatia Israel Senegal Non-governmental organizations Joint statement: Centro de Estudios sobre la Juventud, Federación de Mujeres Cubanas and National Union of Jurists of Cuba Joint statement: Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Mouvement pour l’Abolition de la Prostitution, Coordination CLEF Française pour le Lobby Européen des Femmes, Guild of Service, MiraMed Institute /… -4Item 12 (cont’d) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Joint statement: International Council of Women, International Federation of University Women, Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association International, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, International Movement for Fraternal Union Among Races and Peoples, World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations, Soroptimist International, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, All India Women’s Education Fund Association and World Movement of Mothers Joint statement: Human Rights Advocates and International Council of Women Joint statement: Amnesty International and Center for Woman’s Global Leadership Joint statement: World Young Women’s Christian Association and General Arab Women Federation Joint statement: Femmes Afrique Solidarité, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, African Society of International and Comparative Law, Women’s Federation for World Peace International, International Council of Women, International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres, World Young Women’s Christian Association, International Council of Jewish Women United Nations Watch Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network World Organisation against Torture Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions Organisation internationale pour le droit à l’éducation et la liberté d’enseignement Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America International Women’s Right Action Watch Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) International Religious Liberty Association International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism Liberation Jubilee Campaign Centrist Democratic International Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights Femmes Afrique Solidarité International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies European Union of Public Relations Open Society Institute International Alliance of Women Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights International Committee for the Respect and the Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights International Institute for Peace Organization for Defending Victims of Violence Tebtebba Foundation (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research & Education) International Humanist and Ethical Union A Woman’s Voice International General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Union de l’Action Féminine /… -5Item 12 (cont’d) 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights MADRE Association of World Education International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Rural Reconstruction Nepal United Nations Association of San Diego Permanent Assembly for Human Rights Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan Commision africaine de promotion de la santé et des droits de l’homme et des peuples 46. International Educational Development 47. Indian Council of Education 48. 49. All-China Women’s Federation 50. International Volunteerism Organization for Women Education and Development 51. Korean Women’s Associations United 52. Organisation tunisienne de l’éducation et de la famille 53. Internatinal Islamic Federation of Student Organizations 54. World Alliance of YMCAs 55. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 56. National Federation of International Immigrant Women Associations 57. Society for Threatened Peoples 58. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development 59. International Association of Democratic Lawyers 60. Liberal International 61. Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation 62. Nord-Sud XXI 63. International Indian Treaty Council 64. Union Internacional de la Juventud Socialista 65. International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development Persons invited on Thursday, 7 April 2005 Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General to lead a study on the question of violence against children (item 13) Mr. Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (item 13) ____________