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3.
(the
16 (2) (a) to
Rights
the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
successOL
to
the Sessional working Group of
Governmental
on
International
experts
Covenant on Economic,
the implementation
OF the
Social and Cultural
Rights) ("the
Covenant,
the
of 11 May
Committee").
Council established by resolution 1988 (LX)
1976 a programme whereby States parties were to submit their reports in stages of three-yearly intervals as
follows :
Under Article 17(1) of the
first stage rights covered by Articles 6-9; second stage rights covered by Articles 10-12; third stage rights covered by Articles 13-15,
In
its
resolution
Council the 1988/4,
endorsed
the
Committee's
recommendation that states parties be requested
to
submit
single reports
on the
Covenant as a whole at
five-year
intervals.
D.
The
second
cycle
of
arrangement,
reporting
before making
A copy of the resolution is at Annex
UK has been notified that it should complete its the three-stage
under
transition the
to the new
arrangements.
The first report on the Covenant as a whole
is due for submission in 1994.
5.
ΙΠ practice,
the Hong Kong Government prepares
the
drafts of such
reports
insofar as they concern Hong
Kong
in
consultation
with the UK Government.
These draft
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