Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06USUNNEWYORK604
2006-03-27 14:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
USUN New York
Cable title:
NIGERIA: CEDAW CANDIDACY
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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000604
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: CEDAW CANDIDACY
UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000604
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: CEDAW CANDIDACY
1. Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations
requesting USG support for the candidature of Mrs. Saudatu
Mahdi Magajiya Shehu for election to the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the
term 2007-2010. The elections will be held during the
meeting of States Parties to the Convention, on June 23,
2006, in New York.
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
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: CEDAW CANDIDACY
1. Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations
requesting USG support for the candidature of Mrs. Saudatu
Mahdi Magajiya Shehu for election to the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the
term 2007-2010. The elections will be held during the
meeting of States Parties to the Convention, on June 23,
2006, in New York.
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