On 26 February 1982, Miljan Komatina, Permanent Representative of Yugoslavia to the UN,presented the following instruments of ratification and accession to John F. Scott (right) Director of the UN Legal Counsel :
(a) Instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Dicrimination against Women, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 18 December 1979;
(b) Instrument of accession to the Convention of the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York on 10 June 1958.

The United Republic of Cameroon today signed the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights or rural Women are given special attention , as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution.
UN Ambassador Simone Marie of the United Republic of Cameroon signs the convention as UN Legal Counsel Carl-August Fleischhauer looks on.

The United Kingdom today signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Its 30 articles cover measures to be taken by States parties to eliminate discrimination in various fields including political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health and marriage, and the family. Rights or rural Women are given special attention , as are the elimination of stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution.
The United Kingdom's UN Ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons signing the Convention as UN Legal Counsel Erik Suy looks on.

Sweden today became the second country (after Cuba) to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which was opened for signature at UN Headquarters on 1 March. The General Assembly, through resolution 34/180 adopted the Convention on 18 December 1979 and asked the Secretary-General to present its text to the 1980 World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, to be held in Copenhagen from 14 to 30 July.
UN Legal Counsel, Erik Suy, looks on while Sweden's Permanent Representative to the UN, Anders I. Thunborg signs.

Portugal today ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted 18 December 1979 , by General Assembly resolution 38/180. The Convention cover measures to be taken by States to eliminate discrimination in political and public life, the right to nationality, education, employment, health, marriage and the family. Rural women are given special attention, as are the elimination of the stereotypes and the suppression of prostitution. The Secretary-General has been asked by the Assembly to present the text of the Convention to the 1980 World Conference of the UN Decade for Women, scheduled from 14-30 July in Copenhagen.
Vasco Futscher Pereira, Portugal's Permanent Representative to the UN, signing the Convention today. Looking on are Maria Isabel Lino Neto Padua, Second Secretary of the Embassy, and Eric Suy, UN Legal Counsel.