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Tue Jul-31-07 06:04 AM
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2. Senate has yet to ratify it. In 1994, a group of senators blocked its passage.

Former US President Jimmy Carter signed the Convention in 1980, but the Senate has yet to ratify it. In 1994, a group of senators blocked its passage.

Despite a 2002 attempt to revive it, the convention remains stalled in the Senate.

America is the only Western industrial democracy that has not ratified Cedaw.

"The opposition to the treaty is small but very vocal. It surrounds the issue of sovereignty. Opponents have argued that the US Constitution would be usurped if we were to ratify it," says Ms Albert.

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