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PREVENTIONOFRACIALDISCRIMINATION,INCLUDINGEARLYWARNINGAND 9  URGENTPROCEDURES " r A.DecisionsadoptedbytheCommitteeatitssixtysecondsession  D  ...   Decision2(62)   Guyana j 1.  TheCommitteeontheEliminationofRacialDiscriminationnotesthatGuyanahassubmitted < asecondperiodicreporttotheHumanRightsCommitteeandaninitialreporttotheCommitteeon %u theEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomen,butitregretsthatGuyana,whichratifiedthe ^ InternationalConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofRacialDiscriminationin1977,hasnot G todatesubmittedanyreporttotheCommittee. 0 2.  TheCommitteerecallsthatthepurposeofthesystemwherebyStatespartiessubmitreports  istoestablishandmaintainadialoguewiththeCommitteeontheactiontaken,theprogressmade  andthedifficultiesencounteredincomplyingwithobligationsarisingoutoftheConvention.Italso  observesthattheStatepartysfailuretohonouritsreportingobligationsunderarticle9ofthe m Conventionisaseriousimpedimenttotheefficientoperationofthemonitoringsystemestablished V undertheConvention. ? 3.  TheCommitteedrawstheattentionoftheStatepartytotheDeclarationandProgrammeof !a ActionoftheWorldConferenceagainstRacism,RacialDiscrimination,XenophobiaandRelated !J  Intolerance,accordingtowhichtheInternationalConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsof "3! RacialDiscriminationistheprincipalinternationalinstrumentfortheeliminationofracism,racial #" discrimination,xenophobiaandrelatedintoleranceandStatesareurgedtocooperatewiththe $ # CommitteeinordertopromotetheeffectiveimplementationoftheConvention. % $ 4.  TheCommitteerecognizesthedifficulteconomicandsocialconditionsfacingGuyanaand p'"& remainsdeeplyconcernedabouttheextensivepoliticalandethnicconflictswhichhaveaggravated Y(#' thesituationinthecountryandledtoseriousclashes. B)$( 5.  ManyintergovernmentalandnongovernmentalorganizationsandUnitedNationsagencies +d&* agreethattheviciouscircleofpoliticalandethnictensionshasbroughtGuyanatoastateofpolitical +M'+ instabilitywhichhasadverselyaffectedhumanrights,weakenedcivilsociety,increasedracial ,6(, violenceandpovertyandexclusionamongindigenouspopulationgroups,andhamperedboth_the -)- administrationofjusticeandtheapplicationofhumanrightsstandards.  6.  WhiletheCommitteehasaccededtotheStatepartysrequesttosubmititsinitialreportin  March2004,itwishestoemphasizethat,inthelightoftheurgentcharacterofthesituationoutlined k above,itmaydecidetorequestanddiscussinformationonthestateofracialdiscriminationin T Guyanaunderitsearlywarningandurgentactionprocedureevenearlier. =    1582ndmeeting  _ 21March2003  F    -  USUK.,  UK.,US., USUK.,_CERD_ԀA/59/18(2004)   ChapterV.ReviewoftheimplementationoftheConventioninstatespartiesthereportsofwhich l areseriouslyoverdue U ... >  D.Decisions ' w 432.Atits1636thmeeting,heldon9March2004,theCommitteeadoptedthefollowingdecision:  I   Decision(1)64onGuyana    1.TheCommitteeontheEliminationofRacialDiscriminationrecallsitsdecision2(62)adopted   on21March2003andregretsthattheStatepartyhasbeenunabletofulfilitscommitmenttosubmit   itsinitialtofourteenthperiodicreports,combinedinonedocument,intimeforconsiderationatthe o  sixtyfourthsessionoftheCommittee.However,ittakesnoteofthesubmissionbyGuyanaofits X  reporttotheCommitteeontheEliminationofDiscriminationagainstWomenandofitsreportto A theCommitteeontheRightsoftheChild. *z 2.TheCommitteenotesthat,followingrepeatedrequestsfromtheStatepartyfortechnical L assistancefromtheOfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights,adecisionwasrecently 5 takentoappointaconsultanttoassisttheStatepartyinthepreparationofthereport.Inthis  connection,theCommitteealsotakesnoteoftheStatepartysassurancesthatitremainscommitted  tothepreparationandsubmissiontotheCommitteeofitsinitialtofourteenthperiodicreports,  combinedinonedocument.  3.TheCommitteerecognizesthedifficulteconomicandsocialconditionsfacingGuyanaand [ remainsdeeplyconcernedabouttheextensivepoliticalandethnicconflictswhichhaveaggravated D thesituationinthecountryandledtoseriousdivisionsinsociety,andthatthishasaffectedthe -} abilityoftheStatepartytofulfiltherequirementsoftheConvention. f 4.TheCommitteeagreeswithintergovernmentalandnongovernmentalorganizationsandUnited  8 Nationsagenciesthataviciouscircleofpoliticalandethnictensionshasadverselyaffectedhuman !!  rights,weakenedcivilsociety,increasedracialviolenceandpovertyandexclusionamong " ! indigenouspopulationgroups,andhamperedtheadministrationofjusticeandtheapplicationof #" humanrightsstandardsinGuyana. $# 5.TheCommitteereiteratesthatthepurposeofthesystemwherebyStatespartiessubmitreports ^&!% istoestablishandmaintainadialoguewiththeCommitteeonactionstaken,progressmadeand G'"& difficultiesencounteredincomplyingwithobligationsarisingundertheConvention.Itfurther 0(#' reiteratesthatanyStatepartysfailureto_honour_Ԁitsreportingobligationsunderarticle9ofthe )i$( Conventionisaseriousimpedimenttotheoperationofthemonitoringsystemestablishedunderthe *R%) Convention. *;&* 6.TheCommitteeisparticularlyencouragedbytheindicationmadetotheCommitteebythe , (, UnitedNationsSpecialRapporteuroncontemporaryformsofracism,racialdiscrimination, -(- _xenophobiaandrelatedintolerancethattheprocessofpoliticaldialoguecurrentlyunderwaywill  makeafundamentalcontributiontothelongtermsolutiontotheproblemofethnicpolarizationin  thecountry(seealsoE/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1).  7.TheCommitteerecommendsthattheinitialtofourteenthreportsofGuyana,combinedinone T document,besubmittedbefore30September2004,sothattheycanbeprocessedandscheduledfor =  examinationin2005.Intheeventofthenonreceiptofthereportbythatdate,theCommitteewill & v rescheduletheexaminationofthesituationinGuyanaunderthereviewprocedureatitssixtysixth  _ session,tobeheldinMarch2005.  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