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L   C.ActiontakenbytheCommitteetoensuresubmissionofreportsbyStatesparties  $  ...   426.Atitssixty-sixthandsixty-seventhsessions,theCommitteereviewedthequestionofdelays  andnon-submissionofreportsbyStatespartiesinaccordancewiththeirobligationsunderarticle9 p oftheConvention. \ 427.Atitsforty-secondsession,theCommittee,havingemphasizedthatthedelaysinreportingby 4 StatespartieshampereditinmonitoringimplementationoftheConvention,decidedthatitwould  p continuetoproceedwiththereviewoftheimplementationoftheprovisionsoftheConventionby  \ theStatespartieswhosereportswereoverduebyfiveyearsormore.Inaccordancewithadecision H takenatitsthirty-ninthsession,theCommitteeagreedthatthisreviewwouldbebaseduponthelast 4 reportssubmittedbytheStatepartyconcernedandtheirconsiderationbytheCommittee.Atits   forty-ninthsession,theCommitteefurtherdecidedthatStatespartieswhoseinitialreportswere   overduebyfiveyearsormorewouldalsobescheduledforareviewofimplementationofthe  provisionsoftheConvention.TheCommitteeagreedthatintheabsenceofaninitialreport,the  CommitteewouldconsiderallinformationsubmittedbytheStatepartytootherorgansoftheUnited   Nationsor,intheabsenceofsuchmaterial,reportsandinformationpreparedbyorgansofthe l! UnitedNations.InpracticetheCommitteealsoconsidersrelevantinformationfromothersources, X"  includingfromnon-governmentalorganizations,whetheritisaninitialorperiodicreportthatis D#! seriouslyoverdue. 0$" 428.Followingitssixty-fifthsession,theCommitteedecidedtoscheduleatitssixty-sixthsession &X!$ areviewoftheimplementationoftheConventioninthefollowingStatespartieswhoseperiodic &D"% reportswereseriouslyoverdue:BosniaandHerzegovina,Ethiopia,ElSalvador,Nicaraguaand '0#& P_apua_ԀNewGuinea...InthecasesofBosniaandHerzegovina,EthiopiaandNicaragua,thereviews ($' werepostponedattherequestoftheStatesparties,whichindicatedtheirintentiontosubmitthe )%( requestedreportsshortly... *%)   h-(,  _CERD_,A/61/18(2006)   ...L  M  L  M   ` ChapterV.L  M  ReviewoftheimplementationoftheConventioninStatespartieswhosereportsare 8  seriouslyoverdueL  M   $ t ...  L  L  M  L  M  C.ActiontakenbytheCommitteetoensuresubmissionofreportsbyStatesparties $  L  M  L  M  L  M  L  M  466.Atitsforty-secondsession,theCommittee,havingemphasizedthatthedelaysinreportingby   StatespartieshampereditinmonitoringimplementationoftheConvention,decidedthatitwould   continuetoproceedwiththereviewoftheimplementationoftheprovisionsoftheConventionby   theStatespartieswhosereportswereoverduebyfiveyearsormore.Inaccordancewithadecision p takenatitsthirty-ninthsession,theCommitteeagreedthatthisreviewwouldbebaseduponthelast \ reportssubmittedbytheStatepartyconcernedandtheirconsiderationbytheCommittee.Atits H forty-ninthsession,theCommitteefurtherdecidedthatStatespartieswhoseinitialreportswere 4 overduebyfiveyearsormorewouldalsobescheduledforareviewofimplementationofthe  p provisionsoftheConvention.TheCommitteeagreedthatintheabsenceofaninitialreport,the  \ CommitteewouldconsiderallinformationsubmittedbytheStatepartytootherorgansoftheUnited H Nationsor,intheabsenceofsuchmaterial,reportsandinformationpreparedbyorgansoftheUnited 4 Nations.InpracticetheCommitteealsoconsidersrelevantinformationfromothersources,   includingfromnon-governmentalorganizations,whetheritisaninitialorperiodicreportthatis   seriouslyoverdue.  467.Followingitssixty-seventhsession,theCommitteedecidedtoscheduleatitssixty-eighthL  M    L  M  sessionareviewoftheimplementationoftheConventioninthefollowingStatespartieswhose l periodicreportswereseriouslyoverdueL  M  :AntiguaandBarbuda,CongoL  M  ,L  M  ԀL  M  Ethiopia,L  M  ԀL  M  Mozambique,L  M   X  L  M  NicaraguaandPapuaNewGuineaL  M  ...Atits1745thand1746thL  M  ԀL  M  meetings(sixtyeighthsession),L  M  ԀL  M  held D! on1Marchand2March2006respectively,theCommitteeL  M  reviewedtheimplementationofthe 0"  ConventioninL  M  ԀMozambiqueandEthiopia(seeparagraphs470and471below)... #l! ... $D # L  M  L  M  L  M  D.Decisions &"% L  M  ... (#' L  M  472.L  M  ԀL  M  Atits1746thmeeting,theCommitteedecidedtorequesttheChairpersontosendalettertothe |*%) PermanentRepresentativeofEthiopiaL  M  ԀL  M  totheUnitedNations.Inhisletterof10March2006L  M  ,L  M  Ԁthe h+&* ChairpersonL  M  informedtheStatepartythatithadreviewedtheimplementationoftheConventionin T,'+ EthiopiaL  M  ԀL  M  intheabsenceofareport.L  M  TheChairpersonregrettedtheinterruptionofadialoguebetween @-(, theCommitteeandEthiopiasince1990andurgedtheStatepartytosubmitassoonaspossible,in  onecombineddocument,itsseventhtofifteenthperiodicreportsduefrom1989to2005.L  M  Inorder  toassistintheresumptionofadialogue,theCommitteedecidedtoL  M  sendalistofquestionstothe  Statepartyandrequestedwrittenresponsestothislistby31DecemberL  M  ԀL  M  2006.Intheabsenceofany t responsefromEthiopiaL  M  ԀL  M  bythatdate,theCommitteewouldproceedL  M  withL  M  Ԁtheadoptionofconcluding ` observationsunderitsreviewprocedureatitsseventiethsession,tobeheldinFebruary/March2007. L  L  M  TheCommitteedrewtheStatepartysattentiontothepossibilityofavailingitselfofthetechnical 8  assistanceofferedundertheadvisoryservicesandtechnicalassistance_programme_ԀoftheOfficeof $ t theUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforHumanRights.  ` _..._  8