16 - السيدة كورنيليوك (بيلاروس): قالت إن بلادها كانت من بين أوائل من وقعوا على اتفاقية القضاء على جميع أشكال التمييز ضد المرأة في تموز/يوليه 1980.
Ms. Korneliouk (Belarus) said that her country had been among the first to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in July 1980; in spring 2002 it had signed its Optional Protocol and had begun the process for its ratification.