RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Follow-up - State Reporting

i) Action by Treaty Bodies, including reports on missions

CERD, A/65/18 (2010)

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Chapter IV. Follow-up to the consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention

53. In 2010, Mr. Amir served as coordinator and Mr. Thornberry as alternate coordinator for follow-
up to the consideration of reports submitted by States parties.

54. Terms of reference for the work of the coordinator on follow-up4 and guidelines on follow-up to be sent to each State party together with the concluding observations of the Committee5 were adopted by the Committee at its sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh sessions, respectively.

55. At the 2009th meeting (seventy-sixth session) and the 2048th meeting (seventy-seventh session), held on 11 March and 26 August 2010 respectively, the coordinator and alternate coordinator on follow-up presented a report on their activities to the Committee.

56. Since the closing of the seventy-fifth session, follow-up reports on the implementation of those recommendations regarding which the Committee had requested information were received from the following States parties: Azerbaijan (CERD/C/AZE/CO/6/Add.1), Chile (CERD/C/CHL/CO/15-
18.Add.1), Montenegro (CERD/C/MNE/CO/1/Add.1) and Russian Federation (CERD/C/RUS/CO/19/Add.1).

57. At its seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh sessions, the Committee considered the follow-up reports of Austria, Canada, Chile, Germany, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Sweden and Togo and continued the constructive dialogue with these States parties by transmitting comments and requesting further information.

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4 For the terms of reference of the work of the coordinator on follow-up, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/60/18), annex IV.

5 For the text of the guidelines, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/61/18), annex VI.