text: UNITED NATIONS CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women . ~-Distr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/SR.169 6 February 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Ninth session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 169th MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 2 February 1990, at 10 a.m. Chairperson: Ms. EVATT CONTENTS Implementation of article 21 of the Convention (continued) Adoption of the report of the Committee on its ninth session This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Chief, Official Records Editing Section, Department of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza. Any corrections to the records of the meetings of this session will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the session. 90-55152 2322S (E) I. • • ) CEDAW/C/SR.l69 English Page 2 The meeting was called to order at 10.30 a.m. IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 21 OF THE CONVENTION (continued) 1. The CHAIRPERSON said that the members of the pre-session working group had so far been: for the Group of Asian States, Ms. Akamatsu, representative; for the Group of Eastern European States, Ms. Oeser, representative, and Ms. Ilic, alternate; and for the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, Ms. Alfons1n de Fasan, representative, and Ms. Forde, alternate. Dr~ft report of Working Group II (continued) (Working Papers 3/1990/Add.6/Rev.l and Add.7/Rev.l) 2. ~CHAIRPERSON recalled that the Committee had agreed that consideration of a number of the recommendations proposed by Working Group II should be deferred, but suggested that the proposed recommendation on female circumcision (Working 
analysis: The text appears to be a summary record of a meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) discussing the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The topic of female circumcision is mentioned, which suggests that the meeting is focused on issues related to women's rights and social justice rather than economic or environmental issues.