Date: 06 Mar 1995 23:28:59 +0000 (GMT) From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear friends, this message has been crossposted far and wide, so apologies for the duplication, but, anyone wishing to send ratifications or comments please do outreach to your networks and send comments back to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (international peace bureau). regards karen /* Written 11:42 AM Mar 4, 1995 by ipb in gn:gen.women */ /* ---------- "ACTION ALERT: WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS" ---------- */ ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! Geneva, 4 march 1995 The mainstreaming of women's human rights into UN human rights mechanisms is threatened. The Commission on Human Rights last evening did not vote on two resolutions regarding women's human rights because some last minute objection to support mainstreaming developed. Women's groups and their friends must indicate strong support of these resolutions in their present form to their governments as soon as possible. The vote may take place as early as Tuesday, 7 March, the day before International Women's Day. The resolutions are: E/CN.4/1995/L.70, Questions of integrating the human rights of women into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations; E/CN.4/1995/L.69, The elimination of violence against women. Failure to pass these resolutions in their present form will have serious repercussions on the success of the Beijing Conference. Your mobilization will make a difference at this crucial moment. signed, Leila Seigel Vice-Chair, NGO Sub-Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva International Alliance of Women, Rep. in Geneva International Council of Jewish Women, Past Pres., Rep. in Geneva
