| Resolution Number: | 1991-A091 |
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| Title: | Endorse United Nations' Statement on Discrimination Against Women |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
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Resolved, That this 70th General Convention supports the Executive Council's endorsement of the United Nations "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" adopted in 1979; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention deplores the continued failure of the United States Congress to ratify this simple statement of the humanity of women; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop is hereby requested to communicate this concern directly to the President of the United States and the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and to instruct the Washington Office of this Church to include ratification of the Convention among its priorities and to report annually on the status of this matter to the Executive Council via the Committee on the Status of Women.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 214. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A091)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this 70th General Convention supports the Executive Council's endorsement of the United Nations "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" adopted in 1979; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention deplores the continued failure of the United States Congress to ratify this simple statement of the humanity of women; and be it further
Resolved, That the Presiding Bishop is hereby requested to communicate this concern directly to the President of the United States and the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and to instruct the Washington Office of this Church to include ratification of the Convention among its priorities and to report annually on the status of this matter to the Executive Council via the Committee on the Status of Women.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #110)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #13 on House of Deputies Message #110 on Resolution #A091 (Endorse United Nations Convention on Women) and recommended concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #158)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 16.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Committee on the Status of Women, Reports to the 70th General Convention, 1991, pp. 148-172. |
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| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention supports the Executive Council endorsement of the United Nations "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" adopted in 1979. The Convention expresses concern over the failure of the US Congress to ratify this statement. |