Acknowledgements, delegates and acronyms

within this section:

Acknowledgements

The Ministry of Women's Affairs would like to acknowledge all the members of the New Zealand delegation to Beijing + 5 for their assistance in preparing this report. The support of the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations was also invaluable.

Readers should note that the contributors' papers have been edited by the Ministry.

Members of the New Zealand delegation

Michael Powles, New Zealand Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Judy Lawrence, Chief Executive, Ministry of Women's Affairs

Areta Koopu, Human Rights Commission

Sou Chiam, Head of Human Rights Policy Unit, Human Rights Commission

Liz Gordon, Alliance MP

Anne Tolley, National MP

Jacqui Te Kani, National President, Māori Women's Welfare League

Martha Coleman, Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay

Jan Logie, Executive Director, YWCA of Aotearoa-New Zealand

Tania Pouwhare, National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges

Patti O'Neill, Specialist Adviser on Gender and International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mark Ramsden, Human Rights Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Deborah Te Kawa, Senior Analyst, Ministry of Women's Affairs

Sarah Paterson, New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations

List of acronyms

ARIAT	Asian Regional Initiative Against Trafficking in Persons
CARICOM	Caribbean Community
CEDAW	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CERD	Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CONGO	Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
CRC	Convention on the Rights of the Child
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council
FIDA	International Federation of Women Lawyers
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IMF	International Monetary Fund
INSTRAW	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
NGOs	Non-governmental organisations
ODA	Official development assistance
SOPAC	South Pacific (grouping of South Pacific states)
UN	United Nations
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation
UNIFEM	United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UNU/ILA	United Nations University/International Leadership Academy
WEDO	Women's Environment and Development Organisation
WHO	World Health Organisation

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