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.