ملخص الجهاز:
Addresses United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Shawwiil 13- Dhu al Qa'dah 1415/ March 15-April 4, 1995 New York City, New York Preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations has been very active during the past year convening world conferences in order to redefine its goals and strategies for international cooperation on major issues.
The draft document was prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission on the Status of Women after consultation with regional groups of the United Nations.
Of course, the United States was not the only independent delegation; Canada, Norway, and the Vatican were also active in their independent amendments.
But the United States seemed less concerned about reaching consensus with the delegations at the UN than with pleasing lobby groups back home.
The Coalition for Women and the Family, for example, distributed leaflets criticizing the use of the term "gender perspective" in the Platform for Action.
It was one of the curious aspects of the meeting that no delegate from Saudi Arabia was present to defend "Islamic values," while the governments of Egypt and Jordan, often accused of being "un-Islamic," were active in seeking to preserve the right of Muslims to follow Islamic family law.
Among the Muslim organizations working with Afghan refugees during the war against the Soviets, for example, only the Sudanese-based Islamic Relief Association had women involved at au· levels of administration.