Thank you, Mr President. Let me begin by thanking the main sponsor for their steadfast efforts in presenting this strong and balanced text. We believe that Canada accommodated the key concerns from a broad range of delegations in striving to achieve consensus on a matter which, we hope, should be of the utmost importance to every delegation sitting in this room. This draft text seeks to highlight that women and girls in criminal justice detention are disproportionately subjected to practices such as forced or coerced sterilization, forced pregnancy, and forced abortion.

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