وجمهورية الكونغو دولة ذات سيادة انضمت إلى الاتفاقية لأنها أرادت مكافحة التمييز ضد المرأة.
The Republic of the Congo was a sovereign State which had become a party to the Convention because it wished to combat discrimination against women. It had set up appropriate Government machinery and found appropriate funding for the advancement of women.