The eighteenth meeting of States parties took place in New York on 26 June 2014 with the aim of electing twelve members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 2014. States parties to the Convention were invited to nominate their candidates by 7 March 2014.

Results

At the outset of the Meeting, Juan Manuel González de Linares Palou (Spain) from the Western European and Others Group was elected to serve as its Chair, Jeanne d’Arc Byaje (Rwanda) from the African Group and Dragana Andelic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) from the Eastern European Group were elected Vice-Chairs.

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

* On 6 November 2014, Ms. Chalal was appointed to serve as a member of the Committee for the term of the late Kheira Mahdjoub-Ouiguini (i.e. 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018) who had been elected as a member of the Committee on 26 June 2014 and passed away on 6 September 2014.

Provisional agenda

CEDAW/SP/2014/1

Documentation

• List of candidates CEDAW/SP/2014/2
• Report of the Meeting of States parties CEDAW/SP/2014/3
• Resolution of the GA regarding equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the Human rights treaty bodies (A/RES/63/167)
• Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies (A/64/212)
• Membership of the Committee

List of candidates submitted by States parties