The Permanent Representative of Cyprus ambassador Maria Michail reiterated at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, the country’s strong commitment to advancing gender equality and eliminating discrimination and violence against women and girls. Expressing appreciation to the briefers from UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, and the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, she emphasized that while “positive steps and progress have been made in recent years, the global community is falling short of achieving gender equality by 2030.”