Ms Kubayi, as rapporteur of the Third Standing Committee, was given an opportunity to take the floor prior to it being opened for general debate on the topic before the Third Standing Committee. It was indicated that the draft resolution had tried to address the aspect of gender parity, but that the deliberations of the women parliamentarians to enrich the resolution in a manner which would aim to promote gender equality in politics as well as to recognise that measures to support women during and after elections were necessary, was welcomed.