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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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