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Secretariat

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) currently serves as the Secretariat to the CEDAW Committee:

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland

Postal address:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Email: cedaw@ohchr.org
Web: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm

The former Secretariat to the CEDAW Committee was the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW):

2 UN Plaza, DC2-12th Floor
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Fax: +1-212-963-3463
Email: daw@un.org
Web: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

As of 1 January 2008, responsibility for servicing the CEDAW Committee was transferred to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.