UrgesStates parties with overdue reports to make every effort to present their reports as soon as possible and to take advantage of opportunities whereby such reports could be consolidated;
2
Requeststhe Secretary-General to continue work on developing a compilation of the general guidelines elaborated by the various supervisory bodies and the list of articles dealing with related rights under United Nations instruments on human rights;
3
EncouragesStates parties to take the relevant guidelines into account when preparing reports and to provide reports that are as succinct as possible;
4
Invitesthe Chairmen of the supervisory bodies to encourage their respective members:
a
To give priority attention to consideration of remedia) measures to deal with the problems highlighted in the Secretary-General's report;
b
To give further consideration to harmonizing and consolidating the reporting guidelines developed by these bodies and to other means whereby duplication could be avoided in the submission of material by States parties to the various supervisory bodies;
e
To consider rearranging, where possible, the periodicity of reporting, especially in view of the future probable increase in the number of instruments;
d
To report on the results oftheir deliberations to the appropriate meetings of States parties;
5
Further invitesthe Chairmen of these bodies to maintain communication and dialogue with each other on common issues and problems;
6
Requeststhe Secretary-General to consider making provision in his proposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989 for a meeting of the Chairmen of these bodies in 1988;
7
Invitesthe new Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights76 to give early attention to the question of the reporting system on implementation of the Interna-
82 See CERD/SP/SR.ló. para, .. '3 and 24.
tional Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 22 taking due account of reporting guidelines developed by the Sessional Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Implementation ofthe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;76 8.
Reaffirms the importance of maintaining summary records of the substantive proceedings of the bodies supervising implementation of United Nations instruments on human rights, in particular for the presentation and consideration of reports by States parties;
9
Endorses the Secretary-General's proposals to arrange, within existing resources and taking into account the priorities of the programme of advisory services, training courses for those regions experiencing the most serious difficulties in meeting reporting obligations under United Nations instruments on human rights;83 10.
Decides t~ include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second sess1on a separate item entitled "Reporting obligations of States parties to United Nations instruments on human rights".
81 A/41/510.
4_. 83 See A/41/S 10, ,cct IV. 84 A/41/572. 85 A/39/402, annex. 86 Resolution S-1 V2, annex.
