Chapter VI
REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
1. At its 1st plenary meeting, on 4 September 1995, the Fourth World
Conference on Women, in accordance with rule 4 of the rules of procedure of the
Conference, appointed a Credentials Committee, based on the composition of the
Credentials Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its
forty-ninth session, consisting of the following nine members: China, Fiji,
Honduras, Namibia, Portugal, Russian Federation, Suriname, Togo and United
States of America.
2. The Credentials Committee held one meeting, on 8 September 1995.
3. Mr. Pedro Catarino (Portugal) was unanimously elected Chairperson of the
Committee.
4. The Committee had before it a memorandum by the Secretary-General dated
7 September 1995 on the status of credentials of representatives participating
in the Conference. Additional information on credentials received by the
Secretary-General after the issuance of the memorandum was provided to the
Committee by its Secretary.
5. As noted in paragraph 1 of the memorandum by the Secretary-General, as
updated by the additional information received, formal credentials issued by the
Head of State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as provided
for in rule 3 of the rules of procedure, were received by the Secretary-General
for the representatives of the following 106 States participating in the
Conference: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei
Darussalam, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador,
Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Iraq,
Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia,
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and
Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,
Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America and Uzbekistan.
6. As also noted in paragraph 1 of the memorandum by the Secretary-General, in
the case of the European Community, credentials were submitted for its
representatives by the President of the European Commission, as provided for in
rule 3 of the rules of procedure.
7. As noted in paragraph 2 of the memorandum, as updated by the additional
information received, information concerning the appointment of representatives
participating in the Conference was communicated by means of facsimile or in the
form of letters or notes verbales from Ministries, Embassies, Permanent Missions
to the United Nations or other government offices or authorities, or through
local United Nations offices, by the following 83 States participating in the
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