STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1945_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 17
                                     H.D. 1
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary  and  Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.R. No. 17 entitled:

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE  UNITED STATES SENATE TO RATIFY
     THE UNITED  NATIONS  CONVENTION  ON  THE  ELIMINATION OF ALL
     FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure  is  to  urge the U.S. Senate to
ratify the United Nations  Convention  on  the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Convention) and to support
the Convention's continuing goals.

     Testimony in support  of  this  resolution was received from
the Hawaii State Commission on  the Status of Women, the Violence
Prevention Consortium, the  Hawaii  Civil  Rights Commission, the
Domestic Violence  Clearinghouse  and  Legal  Hotline, the Hawaii
Women's Political Caucus, and members of the public.

     Your  Committee  finds   that   the  Convention  provides  a
comprehensive  framework   to   protect   women's  rights  within
political, cultural, economic,  social,  and  family contexts, by
providing a uniform and universal definition of discrimination.

     Your Committee has amended this resolution by:

     (1)  Deleting the requirement that  a copy of the resolution
          be transmitted to  every  member  of  the United States
          Senate; and

 
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     (2)  Making  technical,  nonsubstantive  amendments  for the
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record  of  votes  of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and  Hawaiian  Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee  concurs  with the intent and purpose
of H.R. No. 17, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 17, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully    submitted   on
                                   behalf of  the  members of the
                                   Committee   on   Judiciary   &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair