Thursday, 7 April 2005
Order of the Day
of the Commission on Human Rights
(Sixty-first session, 14 March - 22 April 2005)
Thursday, 7 April 2005
Plenary meetings
37th meeting
38th meeting
10.00 a.m.
3.00 p.m.
Conference room XVII
Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will address the
Commission at 12.30 p.m.
Item 12:
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,
Notes
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The deadlines for the submission of draft resolutions have been set as follows:
Item 8
Friday, 8 April 2005, 3.00 p.m.
Items 9 & 10
Monday, 11 April 2005, 3.00 p.m.
Items 11, 12 & 13
Items 14, 15 & 16
Items 17, 18, 19,
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 1.00 p.m. 20, 21 & 3
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.
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E/CN.4/2005/OD.18
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-2Item 12 (cont’d) 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
Item 13:
Rights of the child.
E/CN.4/2005/63, E/CN.4/2005/73, E/CN.4/2005/74, E/CN.4/2005/75, E/CN.4/2005/76,
E/CN.4/2005/77, E/CN.4/2005/78 & Corr.1-2 & Add.1 & Corr.1 & Add.2-3,
E/CN.4/2005/129, E/CN.4/2005/G/7, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/18, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/29,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/51, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/73, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/98,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/124, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/126, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/194,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/206, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/222, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/229,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/251, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/269, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/319,
E/CN.4/2005/NGO/326, E/CN.4/2005/NGO/337, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/34
Item 4*:
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
follow-up to the World Conference on Human Rights
Item 5*:
The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under
colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation
E/CN.4/2005/L.5, E/CN.4/2005/L.6
* For consideration and action on draft proposals.
Persons invited
Mr. Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography (item 13)
Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General to lead
a study on the question of violence against children (item 13)
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Observers
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
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Bangladesh
Jordan
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
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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, Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women’s Association
International, 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, International Peace Bureau, Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom, Socialist International Women, Change and All India
Women’s Conference
Joint statement: Association of World Education and World Union For
Progressive Judaism
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)
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International Humanist and Ethical Union
A Woman’s Voice International
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Union de l’Action Féminine
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
MADRE
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 des promoteurs de la santé et des droits de l’homme
International Educational Development
Indian Council of Education
Christian Association
All-China Women’s Federation
International Volunteerism Organization for Women Education and
Development
Korean Women’s Associations United
Organisation tunisienne de l’éducation et de la famille
Internatinal Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
World Alliance of YMCAs
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
National Federation of International Immigrant Women Associations
Society for Threatened Peoples
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
International Association of Democratic Lawyers
Liberal International
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
Nord-Sud XXI
International Indian Treaty Council
Union Internacional de la Juventud Socialista
International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious,
Linguistic and Other Minorities
Women’s International Zionist Organization
Network Women NGOs in Iran
International Human Rights Association of American Minorities
World Muslim Congress
Members
Egypt
Cuba
Nigeria
Mexico (on behalf of GRULAC)
New Zealand (on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand)
Burkina Faso
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Ukraine
Paraguay (on behalf of MERCOSUR and the associated States)
Qatar
Romania
Luxembourg (on behalf of the European Union)
Ethiopia (on behalf of the African Group)
Congo
India
Indonesia
Honduras
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Russian Federation
Republic of Korea
Mauritania
Sudan
Observers
Islamic Republic of Iran
Kuwait
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Yemen
Oman
Jordan
Norway
Iraq
Syrian Arab Republic
Angola
Vietnam
World Health Organization
United Nations Children’s Fund
Myanmar
Monaco
International Labour Office
Venezuela
Bahrain
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Zambia
Republic of Moldova
Croatia
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Slovenia
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Non-governmental organizations
Joint statement: Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud, Federación de
Mujeres Cubanas and National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Joint statement: International Social Service, International Council of
Women, International Federation of Social Workers, SOS-Kinderdorf
International and Fédération européenne des femmes actives au foyer
Joint statement: Commission africaine des promoteurs de la santé et des
droits de l’homme and International Committee for the Respect and the
Application of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Joint statement: Human Rights Activists and Human Rights Council of
Australia
Joint statement: International Catholic Child Bureau, ECPAT International
and International Council of Women
World Organisation against Torture
International Federation Terre des Hommes
Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers)
International Save the Children Alliance
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme
Centro de Estudios Sobre la Juventud
Jubilee Campaign
Japanese Workers’ Committee for Human Rights
International Institute for Non-aligned Studies
Open Society Institute
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)
Human Rights Advocates
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
International Union of Socialist Youth
A Woman’s Voice International
International Alliance of Women
Anti-Slavery International
Worldview International Foundation
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
Rural Development Foundation of Pakistan
World Vision International
Andean Commission of Jurists
International Educational Development
National Federation of International Immigrant Women Associations
Society for Threatened Peoples
Indian Society of Education
Union de l’Action Féminine
All-China Women’s Federation
Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations
International Islamic Federation of Student Organization
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United Nations Association of San Diego
International Young Catholic Students
MADRE
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
Human Rights Council of Australia
Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation
Peace Boat
International Catholic Child Bureau
International Human Rights Association of American Minorities
Persons invited on Friday, 8 April 2005
Mr. Emmanuel Akwei Addo, Independent expert on the situation of human rights in the
Sudan (item 3)
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