United Nations E/CN.6/2013/7
Economic and Social Council
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13 December 2012
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Economic and Social Council
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18 December 2012
Original: English

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Economic and Social Council
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18 December 2012
Original: English

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Economic and Social Council
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20 December 2012
Original: English

8 February 2013
Draft presented by CSW Bureau

Commission on the Status of Women
57th session
4 – 15 March 2013

The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls

Draft agreed conclusions

Written Statement by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (March 2013)

Elimination and Prevention of all Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the Commission's two-week session will include the following activities. Please see below.

The Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, Her Excellency Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia), will hold a second informal briefing to provide updates on the preparations for the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday, 11 February 2013, from 13:15 to 14:30, in Conference Room 1 (NLB). All interested delegations and representatives of non-governmental organizations are invited to attend.

The primary focus of the Commission on the Status of Women's fifty seventh session in March 2013 will be the “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls".

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