Press Release: Anna Diamantopoulou represents Commission in UN ‘Beijing Platform’ for women’s rights

At the invitation of the United Nations's Economic Commission for Europe, Anna Diamantopoulou represented the Commission in Geneva on 19.1.00 at a meeting of the Beijing Platform for Action on women's rights in order to review Europe's progress in preparation for the full UN meeting in New York in June. Anna Diamantopoulou said: 'Gender discrimination is a global problem, a waste of resources and talents, a cost to society as a whole. Five years have passed since the Beijing conference. Major inequalities still exist in Europe too - between women and men in key areas such as the human rights of women, the economy and decision-making'.