Mr. Ferreira (Sao Tome and Principe) said that Sao Tome and Principe was not in a position to pay its assessed contributions.

In 2008, Lima appeared on the American television series Ugly Betty , where she played herself and made friends with the series' title character, Betty.

Ms. Ferreira de Guanes (Paraguay), addressing the implementation of the Convention, said that Paraguay had set up a Human Rights Coordination Unit that focused on gender issues.

As Daily Mail Online reported, 42 year old paramedic Caliomar Ferreira do Couto recorded the scene and said this was a first for him, after 19 years in the profession.

Ms. Ferreira de Lopez (Paraguay) acknowledged that it might be virtually impossible under the current conditions to increase the quota of women in the National Assembly to 50 per cent.

Ms. Ferreira de Lopez (Paraguay) said that the Government was also concerned at the situation of indigenous women in Paraguay, many of whom had been expelled from their land and had been forced to migrate to the capital, where they prostituted themselves.

Ms. Ferreira de Guanes (Paraguay) acknowledged that Paraguay's Penal Code did not make adequate provision for the prevention of trafficking in children but pointed out that the members of the South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) had begun to cooperate in order to coordinate their efforts and bridge any legislative gaps.

Ms. Ferreira de Lopez (Paraguay) noted that it was very difficult to amend Act No. 1600 on domestic violence because the vast majority of the country's Deputies were men, and there was still a considerable degree of male chauvinism, which represented a major obstacle to civil society's efforts to promote reform.