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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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