text: UNITED NATIONS CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women Distr. GENERAL CEDAW/C/SR.l66 6 February 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN Ninth session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 166th MEETING Held at Headquarters, New York, on Wednesday, 31 January 1990, at 6.30 p.m. Chairperson: Ms. EVATT CONTENTS Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention (continued) 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 DCl-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. 90-55134 2318S (E) I • • • CEDAW/C/SR.l66 English Page 2 The meeting was called to order at 6.35 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONVENTION (continued) Initial report of Peru (CEDAW/C/5/Add.60) 1. At the invitation of the Chairperson, Mr. Arrospide (Peru) took a place at the Committee table. 2. Mr. ARROSPIDE (Peru), responding to points raised by members of the Committee in writing, said that the situation in Peru was extremely complex, particularly because Peruvian society was multicultural. Moreover, Peru was undergoing an acute economic and social crisis. The country was having serious difficulties servicing its external debt, and the flow of external financial resources into Peru had almost ceased. Both the volume of international financial assistance to Peru and 
analysis: The text appears to be a summary record of a meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, discussing the report of Peru on its progress in eliminating discrimination against women. The report mentions economic and social issues, such as an acute economic and social crisis, difficulties servicing external debt, and the flow of external financial resources into Peru. These issues suggest that the report is more focused on economic and social development rather than natural resources, environment, or other specific sectors.