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INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF WOMEN

FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM OEA/Ser.L/II.7.10

CONVENTION OF BELÉM DO PARÁ (MESECVI) MESECVI-II/doc.18/08 rev. 1

SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES 9 July 2008

July 9 – 10, 2008 Original: Spanish

Caracas, Venezuela

CALENDAR

(Adopted at the First Plenary Session of the Second Conference of States Parties
held on July 9, 2008)

Date: July 9 – 10, 2008

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Place: Hotel Alba Caracas

Wednesday, July 9

7:00 a.m. Registration of participants

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast hosted by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. INAUGURAL SESSION

Place: GRAN SALÓN B AND C

Message from the OAS Secretary General, presented by the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Carmen Lomellín

Remarks by María del Rocío García Gaytán, President of the National Women’s Institute of Mexico (INMUJERES), representing the Chair of Conference of States Parties of the MESECVI

Remarks by the Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, María León

Remarks by the Minister of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Election of the officers of the Conference: Chair, Vice Chairs, and Rapporteur

Place: ACACIA, BAMBÚ, CASTAÑO, AND CHAGUARAMO ROOM

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Adoption of the Draft Agenda (MESECVI-II/doc.13/08 rev. 4)

Adoption of the Draft Calendar (MESECVI-II/doc.18/08)

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Adoption of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of States Parties (MESECVI-II/doc.12/08 rev. 3)

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch hosted by the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in honor of the delegations

Place: Restaurant La Rottisserie

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Report of the Coordinator of the Committee of Experts on Violence (CEVI). Progress, obstacles, and proposals. Presentation by the Coordinator of the CEVI, Susana Chiarotti, Expert of Argentina (MESECVI-II/doc.16/08)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Interventions by delegations

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Report of the Technical Secretariat. Current Status of Implementation of the Mechanism. Review of the functioning of the MESECVI: Lessons learned, financing, and challenges. Presentation by the CIM Executive Secretary, Carmen Lomellin (MESECVI-II/doc.17/08).

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Interventions by delegations

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Cocktail hosted by the Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, María León, in honor of the delegations

Place: Restaurant La Rottisserie


Thursday, July 10

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast hosted by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Conclusions and Recommendations of the Second Conference of States Parties of the MESECVI. Proposals and comments (MESECVI-II/doc.15/08 rev. 2)

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 p.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Adoption of the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Second Conference of States Parties of the MESECVI

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Working lunch – Conversation topic “Empowerment of Women in the Bolivarian Revolution”

Place: GRAN SALÓN D

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Adoption of Conclusions and Recommendations of the Second Conference of States Parties

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Report of the Rapporteur of the Conference

4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Break

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Other business

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CLOSING SESSION

Remarks by the Chair of the Commission for the Creation of Courts to address Violence against Women of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Magistrate Yolanda Jaimes

Expression of thanks and farewell message from the Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, María León