Mar 08, 2012 01:00 AM
Thalif Deen
U.N. Aims at Major Global Conference on Women in 2015
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2012 (IPS) - As the race towards gender equality moves at an exceedingly slow pace, the United Nations is calling for a major international conference on women in 2015 - 20 years after a landmark meeting in Beijing in 1995.
The proposal, made jointly by Secretary-General Ban Ki moon and the
President of the General Assembly Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-
Nasser of Qatar, will go before the 193-member General Assembly for
final approval.
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