Full Text of SR0437 93rd General Assembly
SR0437 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of | 3 |
| Discrimination
against Women was adopted by the United Nations | 4 |
| General Assembly on December
18, 1979, became an international | 5 |
| treaty on September 3, 1981, and by 2003,
well
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| three-fourths of the world, 174 nations, have agreed to be | 7 |
| bound by the
Convention's provisions; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States supports and has a position of | 9 |
| leadership in the
United Nations, and was an active participant | 10 |
| in the drafting and is a
signatory to the Convention; and
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| WHEREAS, The spirit of the Convention is rooted in the | 12 |
| goals of the United
Nations and the United States to affirm | 13 |
| faith in fundamental human rights, in
the dignity and worth of | 14 |
| the human person, and in the equal rights of men and
women; and
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| WHEREAS, The Convention provides a comprehensive framework | 16 |
| for challenging
the various forces that have created and | 17 |
| sustained discrimination based on sex
against half the world's | 18 |
| population; the nations in support of the present
Convention | 19 |
| have agreed to follow Convention prescriptions; and
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| WHEREAS, Although women have made major gains in the | 21 |
| struggle for equality in
social, business, political, legal, | 22 |
| educational, and other fields in this
century, there is much | 23 |
| yet to be accomplished and, through its support,
leadership, | 24 |
| and prestige, the United States can help create a world where | 25 |
| women
are no longer discriminated against and have achieved one | 26 |
| of the most
fundamental of human rights, equality; and
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| WHEREAS, President George W. Bush and the Secretary of | 28 |
| State have put this
treaty, the United Nations Convention on | 29 |
| the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, | 30 |
| in Category III of priority in order to
accelerate the Treaty's |
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| passage through the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and | 2 |
| the full U.S. Senate with the goal of United States | 3 |
| ratification;
therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we exhort the Senate | 6 |
| Foreign Relations Committee to again pass this Treaty favorably | 7 |
| out of Committee; and send it to the Senate floor; and be it | 8 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That we strongly urge the Senate of
the United | 10 |
| States to vote favorably to ratify the United Nations | 11 |
| Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination | 12 |
| against Women and to support the
Convention's continuing goals; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 |
| delivered to the
President of the United States, the Secretary | 16 |
| of State of the United States,
the President of the United | 17 |
| States Senate, the Chair and the members of the
Senate Foreign | 18 |
| Relations Committee, and to each member of the Illinois
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| congressional delegation.
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