[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 39 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     U.N. CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, in honor of International Women's Day on 
March 8, 68 of my House colleagues and I sent a letter to the Secretary 
of State urging the Bush administration to support U.S. ratification of 
CEDAW, the U.N. convention on the elimination of all forms of 
discrimination against women.
  Ratified by 166 other nations, CEDAW establishes a universal 
definition of discrimination against women and provides international 
standards for equality in education, health care, employment, 
commercial transactions and public life.
  This Congress, I have reintroduced House Resolution 18, and I ask my 
colleagues to become cosponsors. Let us send a message loud and clear 
to women in this Nation and all over the world that the United States 
is truly committed to protecting women's rights.

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