And then the fifth comment about the 20-20 allocation, that has already been agreed and signed by our countries starting in Rio and then later again in Cairo; and this was the formulation in Copenhagen.

About the military expenditures, that has been agreed upon in Rio and then concurred in Cairo and this is the last formulation in Copenhagen.

So you are happy? Thank you. Sri Lanka?

HON, NIRUPAMA RAJAPAKASE (SRI LANAKA) :

Madam Chairperson, I am fully in agreement with the Resolution because, in comparison with some developing countries, women in Sri Lanka have forged ahead and have achieved progress which is encouraging and admirable; the literacy rate being 87010 among women, and women representing 50010 of the population with 40010 in labor force.

Also, this Resolution will help because all problems are not really under control. And since we have gathered here to deliberate on the main theme, which is "Women in the 2 1 't Century", I would like to mention at this time that it will be appropriate to mention at this meeting that Sri Lanka produced the first woman prime minister of the world, Madam Sirima Divandarnaka, who served the country three times in this capacity. These two distinguished ladies are a testimony to their contributions that could be made by women in ushering in peace and prosperity, both nationally and internationally, in preparing to enter the 2 1 st century.

On behalf of Sri Lanka, I wish to pledge ourselves to work for the realization of this resolution.

Thank you very much.

RAPPORTEUR GENERAL(HON. NAFSIAH MBOI) :

Thank you very much. May I also comment that other region and other countries in our region in Asia have prominent women like Pakistan, India, Philippines, Bangladesh, Japan. Actually, all countries have prominent women, even women as heads of States.

Thank you very much for reminding us again and congratulations to Sri Lanka. Syria?

HON. GHASSAN TAYARA (SYRIA):

Thank you, Madam Chair.

First of all, I want to congratulate you for this Resolution. I have some small comments.

First of all, you know now, in many countries of Asia there is war, internal and outside. So, some things should be done or written in one place about solving the problems between countries in this way. So, in this case, we can arrange that 20 percent of military expenditure go to the development of countries.