30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL COMMISSION
- Session: 1999-00
- Date tabled: 30.11.1999
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That this House sends its warmest congratulations to the Women's National Commission on 30 years of ensuring that the views of women in this country are made known to government; notes that following a comprehensive review, the WNC is being modernised and strengthened and currently has more that 100 partners representing eight million women; applauds its role in compiling the National Agenda for Action, following the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995; welcomes the WNC's role in encouraging more women to take an active role in public life; further welcomes its work on Women @ the Millennium in conjunction with the Equal Opportunities Commission for Great Britain and the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland; and looks forward to the imminent publication of its report to the United Nations on the United Kingdom Government's response to key areas of action on women's human rights.