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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
March 4, 2002 - Introduced by Representatives Richards, Sinicki, J. Lehman, Bock,
Balow, Berceau, Plouff, Miller, Turner, Lassa, Boyle
and Coggs,
cosponsored by Senators Robson and Burke. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AJR99,1,2 1Relating to: strongly urging the U.S. senate to ratify the United Nations
2Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
AJR99,1,63 Whereas, the United States supports and has been an active participant in the
4drafting and is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of
5All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, but the U.S. senate has failed to ratify
6the Convention; and
AJR99,1,107 Whereas, the spirit of the Convention is rooted in the goals of the United
8Nations and the United States, to affirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the
9dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women;
10and
AJR99,1,1311 Whereas, the Convention provides a comprehensive framework for challenging
12the various forces that have created and sustained discrimination based on sex
13against one-half of the world's population; and
AJR99,2,414 Whereas, although women have made major gains in the struggle for equality
15in social, business, political, legal, education, and other fields in this century, there

1is much yet to be accomplished and through its support, leadership, and prestige, the
2United States can help create a world where women are no longer discriminated
3against and have achieved one of the most fundamental of human rights, equality;
4and
AJR99,2,95 Whereas, the United States government signed the Convention in 1980 and
6submitted it to the U.S. senate for ratification, and ratification would also entitle the
7United States to join the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms
8of Discrimination Against Women, which monitors reports of progress in the
9treatment of women from the countries that have ratified the convention; and
AJR99,2,1410 Whereas, as of October 1999, a total of 165 countries have consented to be bound
11by the Convention, and 10 states — California, Iowa, Hawaii, Illinois House, Maine,
12Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, and
13Vermont — had endorsed U.S. ratification in their state legislatures; now, therefore,
14be it
AJR99,2,18 15Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
16legislature of Wisconsin support the continuing goals of the United Nations
17Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and
18strongly urge the U.S. senate to ratify the Convention; and, be it further
AJR99,3,2 19Resolved, That the assembly chief clerk shall provide a copy of this joint
20resolution to the President of the United States, to the secretary of state of the United
21States, to the president and secretary of the U.S. senate, to the speaker and clerk of
22the U.S. house of representatives, to the chair and members of the Senate Foreign
23Relations Committee, and to each member of the congressional delegation from this

1state attesting the adoption of this joint resolution by the 2001 legislature of the state
2of Wisconsin.
AJR99,3,33 (End)
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