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15 (2) (a)
Rights (the
the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
successor
to the Sessional working Group of
Governmental
experts on
the implementation of the
Rights) ("the Committee").
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Under Article 17(1) of the
Covenant, the Council established by resolution 1988 (LX)
May 1976 a programme whereby States parties were to
their reports in stages of three-yearly intervals as
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submit
follows
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
Committee's
the
resolution 1988/4, the Council endorsed
recommendation that states parties be requested
single reports on the Covenant as a whole at
intervals. A copy of the resolution is at Annex
The UK has been notified that it should complete its
to submit
five-year
D.
second
cycle of reporting under
the
three-stage
arrangement,
before making
the transition to the new
arrangements.
The first report on the Covenant as a whole
is due for submission in 1994.
5.
In 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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