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A
joint Resolution relating to ratification
of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
WHEREAS,
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women was adopted
by the United Nations General Assembly on December
18, 1979, became an international treaty on
September 3, 1981, and by 2002, 170 nations
including all of the industrialized world, except
the United States, have agreed to be bound by
the Convention's provisions; and
WHEREAS,
the United States supports and has a position
of leadership in the United Nations, and was
an active participant in the drafting and is
a signatory to the Convention; and
WHEREAS,
the spirit of the Convention is rooted in the
goals of the United Nations, and the United
States, to affirm faith in fundamental human
rights, in the equality and worth of human person,
and in the equal rights of men and women; and
WHEREAS,
the Convention provides a comprehensive framework
for challenging the various forces that have
created and sustained discrimination based on
sex against half the world's population, and
the nations in support of the present Convention
have agreed to follow Convention prescriptions;
and
WHEREAS,
although women have had major gains in the struggle
for equality in social, business, political,
legal, educational, and other fields in this
country, there is much yet to be accomplished
and through its support, leadership and prestige,
the United States can help create a world where
women are no longer discriminated against and
have achieved one of the most fundamental of
human rights, equality; NOW THEREFORE,
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE [YOUR STATE HERE]
STATE SENATE, THE ASSEMBLY CONCURRING
[OR VICE VERSA], That [your state
here] State Senate [or Assembly]
strongly urges President George W. Bush and
the Secretary of State to place this treaty,
the United Nations Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,
in the highest category of priority in order
to accelerate the treaty's passage through the
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
the full U.S. Senate with the goal of United
States ratification; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the [your state
here] State Senate [or Assembly]
exhorts the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
to pass this treaty favorably out of Committee;
and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the [your state
here] State Senate [or Assembly]
strongly urges the Senate of the United States
to ratify the United Nations Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women and support the Convention's continuing
goals; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk
of [your state here] State Senate [or
Assembly] send a copy of this resolution
to the President of the United States, the Secretary
of State of the United States, the President
of the United States Senate, the Chair of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the members
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
to all the members of the [your state]
Congressional Delegation.
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