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Convention on the Elimination Distr.: General of All Forms of Discrimination 11 March 2002

against Women Original: English

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Twenty-sixth session 14 January-1 February 2002

List of participants

Chairperson Ms. Charlotte Abaka (Ghana)

Vice-Chairpersons Ms. Ayse Feride Acar (Turkey) Ms. Rosario Manalo () Ms. Zelmira Regazzoli (Argentina)

Rapporteur Ms. Rosalyn Hazelle (St. Kitts and Nevis)

Members Ms. Charlotte Abaka Ghana Ms. Ayse Feride Acar Turkey Ms. Sjamsiah Achmad Indonesia Ms. Emna Aouij Tunisia Ms. Ivanka Corti Italy Ms. Feng Cui China Ms. Naela Gabr Egypt Ms. Françoise Gaspard Ms. Yolanda Ferrer Gómez Cuba Ms. Aída González Martínez Mexico Ms. Savitri Goonesekere Sri Lanka Ms. Rosalyn Hazelle St. Kitts and Nevis Ms. Christine Kapalata United Republic of Tanzania Ms. Fatima Kwaku Nigeria Ms. Rosario Manalo Philippines Mr. Göran Melander Ms. Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini South Africa

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Ms. Zelmira Regazzoli Argentina Ms. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling Germany Ms. Heisoo Shin Republic of Korea Ms. Frances Livingstone Raday Israel Ms. Fumiko Saiga Japan Ms. Maria Regina Tavares da Silva

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Representatives of States parties

Country Head of delegation Members of delegation H.E. Ms. Marina Kaljurand Ms. Merle Pajula Ms. Heljo Pikhof Ms. Ülle- Marike Papp Ms. Mai Hion Ms. Eve Sirp Mrs. Celia Kuningas Fiji H.E. Ms. Losena Salabula H.E. Mr. Amraiya Naidu Ms. Asenaca Uluiviti Ms. Lisa Williams Ms. Neomai Moce Ms. Miriama Leweniqila Iceland H.E. Ms. Hanna Sigridur Ms. Valgerdur Bjarnadottir Gunnsteinsdottir Mr. Ragnar G. Kristjánsson Portugal H.E. Ms. Maria do Céu da Cunha H.E. Francisco Seixas da Costa Rêgo Ms. Josefina Leitão Ms. Ana Maria Braga da Cruz Ms. Madalena Barbosa Ms. Deolinda Correia Ms. Maria Emília Leite Ms. Madalena Pinheiro Ms. Beatriz Calado Ms. Teresa Rosmaninho Russian Federation H.E. Ms. Galina N. Karelova Ms. Olga V. Sharapova Mr. Vladimir T. Ponizov Mr. Aleksandr B. Gusev Ms. Lidiya A. Belokonnaya Ms. Marina O. Korunova Sri Lanka H.E. Ms. Lalitha Dissanayake Ms. M.M.S.M. Sumanasekara Ms. Dharani Wijayatilake Dr. (Ms.) Dula de Silva Trinidad and Tobago H.E. Mr. George W. McKenzie Mrs. Roslyn Khan-Cummings Ms. Gaile Ann Ramoutar Ms. Debbie Sirjusingh Ms. Deborah Mc Fee Mr. Aldington Spencer Uruguay H.E. Mr. Felipe Paolillo Mrs. Susana Rivero Mrs. María Amalia Sereno

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Observers for States parties

Country Representatives

Dominican Republic Ms. María de Jesús Díaz Mr. Rafael Otañez Guatemala Ms. Connie Taracena Philippines Ms. Jocelyn Morales Suriname H.E. Ms. Irma Loemban Tobing-Klein Ms. Marie Macintosh

Other UN bodies and specialized agencies

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Ms. Lee Anne Waldorf

Non-governmental organizations

Armenian Assembly of America Ms. Diane Paravazian Baha’I International Community Ms. Meredith Krashes Congregation of O.L.C. of the Good Shepherd Ms. Clare Nolan Congregations of St. Joseph Ms. Marianne Sennick Delegation of the European Commission at the United Ms. Claudia Nicole Briones Nations Equality Now Ms. Adrienne Gombos General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Ms. Linda Bales Church Global Action on Aging Ms. Mylène Barra Ms. Hitomi Sakumoto Hadassah Ms. Ruth H. Kaslove Help Age International Ms. Jeanne Smith Human Rights Watch Ms. Martina E. Vandenberg International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Ms. Beatrice von Roemer International Federation of University Women Ms. Catherine E. Moore International Federation of Women in Legal Careers Ms. Johanna Elizabeth Sterbin International Federation on Ageing Ms. Natalie Gordon Ms. Grace K. Iijima International Women’s Rights Action Watch (Asia Pacific) Ms. Sunila Abeysekera League of Women Voters of the US Ms. Margery S. Cohen Loretto Community Ms. Mary Balfe Lutheran World Federation Ms. Damasis-Kristin Frehrking Portuguese Women’s Rights NGO Ms. Ana De Castro Coucello

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Ms. Joana Almeida Henriques Soroptimist International Ms. Caroline Themm Ms. Anne M. Yedowitz United Methodist UN Office Ms. Vina Nadjibulla Wellesley Centers for Women Ms. Sally Merry Women’s American Ort Ms. Ruth Goodgold Ms. Muriel Hertan Zonta International Ms. Jacqueline Reese Shapiro

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