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HUMAN RIGHTS8aAmendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenNew York, 22 December 1995see paragraph 3 of the amendment which reads as follows: "The amendment shall enter into force following consideration by the General Assembly and when it has been accepted by a two-thirds majority of States parties which shall have so notified the Secretary-General as depositary of the Convention".Parties68Doc. CEDAW/SP/1995/2.The amendment was proposed by the Governments of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden and communicated by the Secretary-General by depositary notification C.N.373.1994.TREATIES-8 of 23 January 1995 in accordance with article 26 (1) of the Convention. At their eighth meeting held on 22 May 1995, the States Parties to the above Convention decided to amend article 20 (1) of the Convention and adopted the amendment. By Resolution 50/202 adopted at its fiftieth session held on 22 December 1995, the General Assembly noted with approval the amendment.
ParticipantAcceptance(A)Albania20 May 2011 AAndorra14 Oct 2002 AArgentina 9 Jul 2009 AAustralia 4 Jun 1998 AAustria11 Sep 2000 AAzerbaijan23 May 2008 ABahamas17 Jan 2003 ABangladesh 3 May 2007 ABosnia and Herzegovina10 May 2012 ABrazil 5 Mar 1997 ABulgaria15 Sep 2010 ACanada 3 Nov 1997 AChile 8 May 1998 AChina10 Jul 2002 ACook Islands27 Nov 2007 ACosta Rica27 Apr 2009 ACroatia24 Oct 2003 ACuba 7 Mar 2008 ACyprus30 Jul 2002 ACzech Republic30 Jun 2011 ADenmark12 Mar 1996 AEcuador22 Dec 2011 AEgypt 2 Aug 2001 AFinland18 Mar 1996 AFrance 8 Aug 1997 AGeorgia30 Sep 2005 AGermany25 Feb 2002 AGreece 8 Jan 2013 AGrenada12 Dec 2007 AGuatemala 3 Jun 1999 AIceland 8 May 2002 AIreland11 Jun 2004 AItaly31 May 1996 AJapan12 Jun 2003 AJordan11 Jan 2002 AKuwait23 May 2011 ALesotho12 Nov 2001 ALiberia16 Sep 2005 ALiechtenstein15 Apr 1997 ALithuania 5 Aug 2004 ALuxembourg 1 Jul 2003 AMadagascar19 Jul 1996 AMaldives 7 Feb 2002 AMali20 Jun 2002 AMalta 5 Mar 1997 AMauritius29 Oct 2002 AMexico16 Sep 1996 AMongolia19 Dec 1997 AMorocco31 Mar 2010 ANauru23 Jun 2011 ANetherlands<superscript>1</superscript>10 Dec 1997 ANew Zealand26 Sep 1996 ANiger 1 May 2002 ANorway29 Mar 1996 APanama 5 Nov 1996 APhilippines12 Nov 2003 APoland23 Dec 2010 APortugal 8 Jan 2002 ARepublic of Korea12 Aug 1996 ARepublic of Moldova21 Dec 2012 ASingapore30 Aug 2010 ASlovenia10 Nov 2006 ASpain26 Jan 2010 ASweden17 Jul 1996 ASwitzerland 2 Dec 1997 ATurkey 9 Dec 1999 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>2</superscript>19 Nov 1996 AUruguay 8 Jan 2004 A
ArgentinaDeclaration:The Argentine Republic recalls that the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands are an integral part of Argentine national territory and are illegally occupied by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, being the object of a dispute over sovereignty between that country and Argentina that is recognized by various international organizations.The illegal occupation by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has led to the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the following resolutions: 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21, 41/40, 42/19 and 43/25, concerning the question of the Malvinas Islands, all of which recognize the existence of a dispute over sovereignty and urge theGovernments of the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to resume negotiations in order to find a just, peaceful and definitive solution to that dispute at the earliest possible opportunity.Furthermore, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization has repeatedly affirmed this position, most recently in the resolution that was adopted on 12 June 2008.1For the Kingdom in Europe, the Netherlands Antilles an Aruba. See also note 2 under “Netherlands” regarding Netherlands Antilles in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.2For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), and Turks and Caicos Islands.