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Ms. Ngoma (Gabon) said that Gabon had ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention in 2004.

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Ms. Mboga (Gabon) said that, as a result of the advocacy of human rights groups, the death penalty could not be handed down for the crime of trafficking in children.

I now call on the representative of Gabon.

Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur, Vitit Muntarbhorn

The reports would also be disseminated in Gabon.

Concerning the MTR of the Gabon programme, a delegation expressed satisfaction that child trafficking was now considered a criminal offence in Gabon, and supported the MTR suggestion that the Government consider the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

By the middle of the 19th century, it's in full flower.

The Drafting Committee held a total of six meetings on the two topics indicated above.

Therefore, a clarification was sought from the Gabonese Government.

In November, Gabon had also hosted the sixth conference of the Network of Gabonese Women Ministers and Parliamentarians, which aimed to increase women's representation.

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Ms. Ngoma (Gabon) said that, following the submission of the report, a population census had been conducted in 2003, the findings of which were currently being analysed.

Ms. Ngoma (Gabon) said that most of the legal texts in Gabon needed to be strengthened to ensure that there were no differences between legal texts and practices.

There was also the problem of a dowry being paid upon marriage, which the report stated was banned under Gabonese law, but which persisted as a custom in the country.

Mr. Mezeme Mba (Gabon) said that his delegation categorically condemned terrorism and called on Member States to reach speedy agreement on the two draft conventions under consideration.

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If human beings disappeared, life on Earth as we know it would flourish.

She was convinced that such achievements were fully within Gabon's reach.

Gabonese men were also strictly prohibited from hitting their wives.

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So that they were covered over by what they were covered over.

So they were covered with whatever covered them?

so that there covered it that which covered.

Then covered them with that which covered them.

So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones).

And covered them with whatever covered them.

and caused them to be covered with that which He covered them with.

So that there covered them that which did cover.

covering it with what covered it.

so that there came upon them that which came.

And covered them by that which He covered.

and covered them with torment.

So there covered them that which covered.

and then covered them from sight forever.

So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.

The Chairperson said that the exchange with the delegation, focusing on issues that were crucial for women in Gabon, had been intensive and constructive.

The information in the report submitted by Gabon and the follow up questions raised the issue as to how that machinery tied in with other Gabonese institutions.

Ms. Šimonović said that, given Gabon's recent ratification of the Optional Protocol, women in Gabon would have an additional tool to challenge the implementation of the Convention at the national level.

Before that, they were all soft, fluffy structures.

The President of the General Assembly, Jean Ping (Gabon), served as Chairperson of the Working Group.

Joseph Serugendo, former technical director and founding member of the notorious Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM), was arrested in Gabon with the assistance of the Gabonese law enforcement authorities.

In its report, the Committee had expressed concern at the statement made in the conclusion of Gabon's initial report, to the effect that the situation of women in Gabon remained a comfortable one.

She was convinced that by introducing electoral quotas, Gabon could significantly improve women's participation, especially now that it had ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention.