The seventeenth meeting of States parties will take place in New York on 26 June 2012 with the aim of electing eleven members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in view of the expiration of their term of office on 31 December 2012. States parties to the Convention are invited to nominate their candidates by 9 March 2012.

Results

At the outset of the meeting, Paulette Bethel (Bahamas) from the Latin American and Caribbean Group was elected to serve as its Chair. Yana Boiko (Ukraine) from the Group of Eastern European States, Tanisha Hewanpola (Australia) from the Group of Western European and other States and Fatima Alfeine (Comoros) from the African Group were elected Vice-Chairs.

The individuals elected to fill the eleven positions on the Committee were:

Documentation

• All documentation relating to the seventeenth meeting of States parties

List of candidates submitted by States parties