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... Recognizing that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country directly or indirectly through freely chosen representatives, and has the right to equal access to public service in his country, and desiring to equalize the status of men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ...


... Women shall be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies, established by national law, on equal terms with men, without any discrimination. ...


... Women shall be entitled to hold public office and to exercise all public functions, established by national law, on equal terms with men, without any discrimination. ...
... Women shall be entitled to hold public office and to exercise all public functions, established by national law, on equal terms with men, without any discrimination. ...