ACTION TAKGN BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS
FORTY-FIFTR SESSION
III.
24. The Committee considered
several
issues that had been
General Assembly,
at its forty-fifth
session,
on the basis
issues included
the report
of the third
meeting of persons
rights
treaty
bodies and the preparation
of international
years relevant
to the work of the Committee.
A.
. .
of aerss
,
-
discussed
by the
of reports.
These
chairing
the human
conferences
and
the s
25. The Committee considered
item
6 of its agenda at its 173rd, 180th and
185th meetings,
on 22, 25 and 30 January (see CEDAWX1SR.173,
160 and 165).
The item was introduced
by the Chairman of the Committee at its eighth
and
ninth
sessions,
who presented
the report
of the third
meeting
of persons
~chairing
the human rights
treaty
bodies
(A/45/636,
annex),
which had been
submitted
to the General
Assembly at its forty-fifth
session.
She underscored
problems
of
the problems
common to all treaty
bodies , which included:
resourcesj
duplication
of information
provided
by States parties
reporting
to
a number of human rights
treaty
bodies8
the need for greater
liaison
between
the various
treaty
bodies8
the need for improved provision
of technical
ar,sistance
to reporting
Statest
the need for means of obtaining
information
f;.;\m tbe specialised
agencies
of the United Nation6
and non-governmental
organisations;
and the need for improving
public
information.
She said that
the meeting had also considered
the proposed
World Conference
on Human Rights
and approved consolidated
guidelines
for the initial
parts of States parties’
reports +
26. The Committee
consideration,
decided
to refer
27. The Committee
and 165th meetings,
as amended.
considered
the proposals
of Working
Group I at its 160th
on 25 and 30 January , and, after
discuesion~,
adopted them
the
matter
to
Working
Group
I for
its
28. The Committee decided
to accept in prinaiple
the conclusions
and
recommendations
of the third
meeting of persons chairing
the human rights
treaty
bodies (A/45/636,
annex, paras.
49-75) dealing
with the effective
implementation
of international
instruments
on human rights,
especially
those
relating
tor
(paras.
(a)
Overdue
(b)
Provision
(c)
Promotion
57-59)J
reports
(paras.
of adequate
of greater
50 and 51);
secretariat
interaction
servicing
betwoen
(d)
Establishment
of a computerised
database,
the Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination
-9-
(pare.
the treaty
55)~
bodies
including
material
against
Women (para.
from
60):