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Follow-Up Mechanism
of the Convention on Violence Against Women to Begin

  August 19, 2005

Experts from the states parties to the Inter-American Convention to Prevent, Sanction and Eradicate Violence against Woman, known as Belém do Pará, will meet for the first time on Monday at the Organization of the American States (OAS), to begin working on a mechanism to follow up on the treaty’s implementation.

OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin will open the three-day meeting, which will approve the committee regulations, adopt the questionnaire that will be sent to the governments on issues for evaluation and approve a work plan for the next two years, among other matters.


WHAT: Opening of the First Meeting of Experts of the Follow-Up Mechanism of the Belém do Pará Convention.

WHEN: Monday, August 22, 2005
9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Padilha Vidal Room
OAS Headquarters
1889 F Street, NW


The opening session will be broadcast live live by Internet (www.oas.org).

Reference: AVI-096/05