Paraguay

Paraguay PRY

Ms. Rosa Maria ORTIZ Paraguay

Paraguay (ratification 1993) published 2003

Abstaining Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, Ukraine

Accession Paraguay (2 December 2005)1

Ratification Paraguay (2 December 2005)1

Accession Paraguay (19 September 2005)1

Brazil, Croatia, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Ukraine

Paraguay is a country in South America.

Indeed, Paraguay is rich in development potential.

Abstaining Argentina, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa

Mr. Loizaga (Paraguay), Vice President, took the Chair.

Mr. Loizaga (Paraguay), Vice President, took the Chair.

Abstentions Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal

Paraguay (17 September 2003) Timor Leste (16 May 2003).

We in Paraguay are deeply convinced of those tenets.

Burundi, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Paraguay draft resolution

Abstaining Argentina, Armenia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay.

Ms. Ferreira de Guanes (Paraguay), addressing the implementation of the Convention, said that Paraguay had set up a Human Rights Coordination Unit that focused on gender issues.

Ms. Argaña Mateu (Paraguay), responding to the Committee's questions, said that, in preparing its periodic reports, Paraguay had employed a domestic consultancy firm in order to gather information.

1992 Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Mauritius, Ecuador, Albania and Spain.

Mr. Velázquez (Paraguay) said that his delegation supported Germany's position.

Today, illiteracy in Paraguay stands at 6.4 per cent, and my Government's objective is to obtain the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's certification of zero illiteracy in Paraguay by 2008.

National focal points have been established in Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Paraguay.

Bolivia (2006), Brazil (2008), Chile (2006), Jamaica (2008), Paraguay (2006), Peru (2008)

Combined third and fourth periodic reports and fifth periodic report of Paraguay

Paraguay is taking part in the Stabilization Mission by contributing staff officers.

Indeed, in Paraguay 400 women died every year from unsafe abortion alone.

Address by Mr. Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of the Republic of Paraguay

This has included projects in Chile, Paraguay, and several projects in Brazil.

Ms. Argaña Mateu (Paraguay) said that the Rural Welfare Institute (formerly IBR, now INDER) was working to change the agrarian structure in Paraguay and to help the rural communities gain ownership of land.

Ms. Sosa de Servin (Paraguay) said that the census had provided reliable and updated data on the indigenous women of Paraguay, which would help to ensure that policies were based on the country's realities.

The President (spoke in Spanish) I now call on the representative of Paraguay.

Paraguay stated that it had designated the following institution as its central authority

Finally, the first Entrepreneurship Training Workshops had started in Paraguay in September 2004.

Address by H.E. Mr. Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of the Republic of Paraguay

Combined third and fourth periodic reports and fifth periodic report of Paraguay (continued)

The problem of illegal abortion in Paraguay was tackled from a prevention perspective.

In some countries (e.g. Bolivia, Paraguay and Turkey) there are free trade zones.

Ms. García (Paraguay) said that there were two legal remedies in Paraguay for cases of domestic violence Act No. 1600 on domestic violence represented the civil remedy, while the Penal Code represented the criminal remedy.

Support for policy design was provided to El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay.

Ms. Shin welcomed the efforts undertaken in Paraguay to strengthen legislation on domestic violence.

In the absence of the President, Mr. Loizaga (Paraguay), Vice President, took the Chair.

He supported the amendment to draft paragraph 5 proposed by the representative of Paraguay.