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Article: UN: General Assembly adopts Optional Protocol to WoWomen's Rights Convention.
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- October 13, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 October 1999-UN: General Assembly adopts Optional Protocol to Women's Rights Convention (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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* Approves and Opens Legal Instrument for Signature Which Will Enable Individuals of Sex Discrimination to Submit Complaints to UN Committee
NEW YORK -- In a landmark decision for women, the General Assembly, acting without a vote, adopted today a 21-article Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and called on all States parties to the Convention to become party to the new instrument as soon as possible.
By ratifying the ...