the report of the secretarygeneral a prepared in response to this resolution was presented to the second committee of the sixtyfourth session of the general assembly in october and forms the basis for the present publication the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women requires states parties to take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women and ensure the practical realization of the principle of the equality of women and men in the political economic social cultural and any other fields states are obligated not only to refrain from engaging in acts of discrimination but also to eliminate discrimination against women by any person organization or enterprise