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Article: Optional Protocol to Womens Convention comes into force.
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- December 27, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 December 2000-UN: Optional Protocol to Womens Convention comes into force (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Another milestone on the road towards equality between women and men and the full enjoyment by women of their human rights has been met. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women enters into force tomorrow, 22 December.
Just over a year ago, on 6 October 1999, in a landmark decision for women, the United Nations General Assembly, acting without a vote, adopted the 21-article Optional Protocol to the Convention, and called on all States parties ...