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06USUNNEWYORK444
2006-03-09 14:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
USUN New York
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SOUTH AFRICA: CEDAW CANDIDACY

Tags:  AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM SF 
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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM SF
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: CEDAW CANDIDACY


UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000444

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM SF
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: CEDAW CANDIDACY



1. Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of
South Africa to the United Nations requesting USG support for
the candidature of Ms. Hazel Edith Gumede Shelton for
election to the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010.
The elections will be held on June 23 2006, in New YorQ


2. Mission will respond that since the United States is not
a party to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination against Women, the United States cannot
participate in the election.
BOLTON