Beijing, Nov 28, IRNA - Iranian proposal to draw up 'Charter of Asian Women's Rights' was acclaimed by all-woman delegates of Asian nations on Wednesday.

Representatives of the Asian nations held fifth conference on 'Asian Women's Rights' in Beijing.

Iranian Police Forcibly Disperse Women's Rights Protest In Tehran
(file photo, June 2006)

Iranian delegates, from legislature who attended the two-day conference, presented the proposal for drawing up Charter of Asian Women's Rights.

Participants in the conference including ministers and members of parliament (MPs) decided to draft Charter for Asian Women's Rights by the Iranian delegates to be presented to the executive board of the conference.

Iranian delegates announced Iran's readiness to host the next conference.

Shedding Crocodile Tears
(file photo, June 2005)

Some 70 representatives and ministers from 22 Asian countries attended the conference.

Mrs. Hajar Tahriri Nik-Sefat and Mrs. Nafiseh Fayyaz, in the meantime, held talks with chairman of standing committee of China's National People's Congress Wu Bangguo.

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