Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Eighty-second session

Summary record of the 1908th meeting*

Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Friday, 1 July 2022, at 5 p.m.

Chair:Ms. Haidar (Vice-Chair)

Contents

Adoption of the report of the Committee on its eighty-second session

Provisional agenda for the eighty-third session of the Committee

Statement by the Chair

Closure of the session

Ms. Haidar (Vice-Chair) took the Chair.

The meeting was called to order at 4.40 p.m.

Adoption of the report of the Committee on its eighty-second session

Provisional agenda for the eighty-third session of the Committee

1.Ms. Narain (Rapporteur) said that she had the honour of introducing the Committee’s draft report on its eighty-second session, which was contained in document CEDAW/C/2022/II/L.1. She wished to draw attention to chapters II and III.

2.The Chair said she took it that the Committee wished to adopt those chapters.

3.It was so decided.

4.Ms. Narain (Rapporteur) said that she also wished to draw attention to chapters I and IV to VII of the Committee’s draft report and to chapter VIII, which contained the provisional agenda of the eighty-third session. Chapters VI and VII contained the draft report of the Working Group of the Whole, which described the action taken by the Committee for the implementation of article 21 of the Convention and ways and means of expediting the work of the Committee.

5.The Chair said she took it that the Committee wished to adopt the report of the eighty-second session in its entirety, including the provisional agenda of the eighty-third session.

6.It was so decided.

7.The draft report of the Committee on its eighty-second session, as a whole, was adopted.

Statement by the Chair

8.The Chair said that, during the session, the Committee had considered eight State party reports and adopted concluding observations on those reports. It had published a statement on women’s access to safe and legal abortion in the United States of America and had participated in an informal meeting with States parties on the Committee’s draft general recommendation on the rights of indigenous women and girls. It had also held a meeting with the Human Rights Committee.

Closure of the session

9.Following the customary exchange of courtesies, the Chair declared the eighty-second session closed.

The meeting rose at 4.50 p.m.