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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".Parties81<a href="/doc/source/docs/CEDAW_SP_1995_2-Eng.pdf" target="_blank">Doc.CEDAW/SP/1995/2.</a>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 <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_50_202-E" target="_blank">50/202</a> apted 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 ABelgium11 Nov 2016 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 AHonduras 2 May 2023 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 AMalaysia30 Jul 2018 AMaldives 7 Feb 2002 AMali20 Jun 2002 AMalta 5 Mar 1997 AMarshall Islands29 Jan 2019 AMauritius29 Oct 2002 AMexico16 Sep 1996 AMonaco19 Oct 2017 AMongolia19 Dec 1997 AMontenegro 2 Nov 2018 AMorocco31 Mar 2010 ANauru23 Jun 2011 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>1</superscript>10 Dec 1997 ANew Zealand26 Sep 1996 ANiger 1 May 2002 ANorway29 Mar 1996 AOman 6 Feb 2019 APanama 5 Nov 1996 AParaguay24 Jul 2018 APhilippines12 Nov 2003 APoland23 Dec 2010 APortugal 8 Jan 2002 ARepublic of Korea12 Aug 1996 ARepublic of Moldova21 Dec 2012 ASamoa24 Oct 2018 ASaudi Arabia22 Jul 2019 ASerbia18 Jun 2014 ASingapore30 Aug 2010 ASlovenia10 Nov 2006 ASpain26 Jan 2010 ASri Lanka21 Jul 2015 ASweden17 Jul 1996 ASwitzerland 2 Dec 1997 AThailand 3 Apr 2019 ATürkiye 9 Dec 1999 AUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<superscript>2,3</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.3On 16 March 2016, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its acceptance of the Amendment would extend to the territories of Anguilla and the Cayman Islands. On 16 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its acceptance of the Amendment would extend to the territory of Bermuda as follows : “… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes that… the United Kingdom’s acceptance of the Amendment shall be extended to the territory of Bermuda, for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland… considers the extension of the Amendment to Bermuda to enter into force on the day on which the Amendment enters into force…” On 16 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its acceptance of the Amendment would extend to the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha as follows : “… the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wishes that… the United Kingdom’s acceptance of the Amendment shall be extended to the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha, for whose international relations the United Kingdom is responsible. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland… considers the extension of the Amendment to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha to enter into force on the day on which the Amendment enters into force…” On 16 February 2021, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General that its acceptance of the Amendment would extend to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey as follows : “... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby extends the application of... the United Kingdom’s Acceptance of the Amendment, to the territory of the Bailiwick of Jersey, for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland... considers that the extension of the Amendment to the Bailiwick of Jersey will enter into force on the day on which the Amendment enters into force for the United Kingdom.”