Statement / submitted by Global Fund for Widows, Graduate Women International (GWI), Guild of Service, Make Mothers Matter, Mother's Union, National Alliance of Women's Organizations, National Council of Women of Canada, Northern Ireland Women's European Platform, The Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba Memorial Foundation, Wales Assembly of Women, Widows for Peace through Democracy, Widows Rights International, Women's Federation for World Peace International, and Women for Human Rights, single women group