Statement / submitted by Associated Country Women of the World, Graduate Women International (GWI), Mother’s Union, National Alliance of Women’s Organizations, National Board of Catholic Women of England and Wales, National Council of Women in Great Britain, Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform, Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Limited, United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNA-UK), Wales Assembly of Women, Widows for Peace through Democracy, Widows Rights International, Womankind Worldwide, and Zonta International