Main News Report on the implementation by Belarus of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was considered at a meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development

Report on the implementation by Belarus of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was considered at a meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development

21 February 2023

On February 21, 2023, a thematic meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development was held in Minsk.

The central theme of the Council was the consideration of the draft periodic report of the Republic of Belarus concerning the implementation at the national level of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The draft report was developed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus together with interested state bodies and organizations.

Also, the participants of the Council for Sustainable Development got acquainted with the roadmap for the implementation of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and other stakeholders under the leadership of the National Coordinator for the achievement of the SDGs and the UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus of the international technical assistance project «Supporting the Efforts of the Republic of Belarus in the nationalization and localization of the Sustainable Development Goals».