Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Ninety-fourth session

20 November-8 December 2017

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.Adoption of the agenda.

2.Organizational and other matters.

3.Prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning measures and urgent action procedures.

4.Consideration of reports, comments and information submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention.

5.Submission of reports by States parties under article 9 (1) of the Convention.

6.Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention.

7.Follow-up procedure.

8.Follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Durban Review Conference.

9.Universal periodic review procedure of the Human Rights Council.

Annotations

1.Adoption of the agenda

In accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure, the present provisional agenda was prepared by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chair of the Committee.

Under rule 8 of the rules of procedure, the first item on the provisional agenda of any session shall be the adoption of the agenda, except when the election of officers is required under rule 15. In accordance with rule 9, the Committee may revise the agenda during a session and may, as appropriate, add, defer or delete items. Under this item, the Committee will adopt the agenda for the session.

2.Organizational and other matters

The ninety-fourth session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 20 November to 8 December 2017. The first meeting of the session will be convened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 20 November.

The Committee will consider its programme of work for the ninety-fourth session. It will also hold a thematic discussion on racial discrimination today. Furthermore, it will continue reviewing its working methods.

The attention of States parties is drawn in particular to the annex, which contains a tentative timetable for the consideration of reports submitted by States parties.

In accordance with rule 64 of the rules of procedure, the representatives of the States parties are invited to be present at the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined.

3.Prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning measures and urgent action procedures

The Committee decided at its forty-fifth session to establish this item as one of its regular and principal agenda items. Within the framework of its efforts to prevent racial discrimination, the Committee may decide to take early warning measures aimed at preventing existing problems from escalating into conflicts or it may decide to initiate urgent action procedures aimed at responding to problems requiring immediate attention to prevent or limit the scale or number of serious violations of the Convention.

4.Consideration of reports, comments and information submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention

At its ninety-fourth session, the Committee will consider periodic reports received from the following States parties: Algeria, Australia, Belarus, Jordan, Serbia and Slovakia.

In accordance with established practice and in conformity with rule 64 of the rules of procedure, the Secretary-General has informed the States parties concerned of the tentative dates on which their reports have been scheduled for consideration by the Committee. A timetable for the consideration of reports submitted is set out in the annex.

5.Submission of reports by States parties under article 9 (1) of the Convention

At its ninety-fourth session, the Committee will have before it a note by the Secretary-General concerning the status of submission of reports by States parties in accordance with article 9 of the Convention. Table 1 of that document contains a list of the reports received from States parties and pending consideration by the Committee. Table 2 contains information relating to overdue reports.

6.Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention

In accordance with the provisions of chapter XVIII of its rules of procedure, the Committee will consider communications that have been submitted to it under article 14 of the Convention.

In accordance with rule 88 of the rules of procedure, the meetings of the Committee during which communications under article 14 of the Convention are examined shall be closed.

7.Follow-up procedure

In accordance with the provisions of rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee will consider follow-up information submitted by States parties in relation to the observations and recommendations of the Committee.

8.Follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the Durban Review Conference

The Committee will discuss follow-up activities to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and to the Durban Review Conference.

9.Universal periodic review procedure of the Human Rights Council

In accordance with a decision taken at its seventy-third session, the Committee will consider matters related to the universal periodic review procedure of the Human Rights Council.

Annex

Tentative timetable for the consideration of reports, comments and further information submitted by States parties

The timetable below has been drawn up by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chair, taking into account the relevant decisions taken by the Committee at its ninety-third session.

Day	Number and time of meeting	State party
Tuesday 21 November 2017	2588th 3-6 p.m.	Serbia (CERD/C/SRB/2-5)
Wednesday 22 November 2017	2589th 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	Serbia (continued)
	2590th 3-6 p.m.	Algeria (CERD/C/DZA/20-21)
Thursday 23 November 2017	2591st 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	Algeria (continued)
	2592nd 3-6 p.m.	Jordan (CERD/C/JOR/18-20)
Friday 24 November 2017	2593rd 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	Jordan (continued)
Monday 27 November 2017	2596th 3-6 p.m.	Australia (CERD/C/AUS/18-20)
Tuesday 28 November 2017	2597th 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	Australia (continued)
	2598th 3-6 p.m.	Slovakia (CERD/C/SVK/11-12)
Wednesday 29 November 2017	2599th 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 2600th 3-6 p.m.	Slovakia (continued) Thematic discussion
Thursday 30 November 2017	2602nd 3-6 p.m.	Belarus (CERD/C/BLR/20-23)
Friday 1 December 2017	2603rd 10 a.m.-1 p.m.	Belarus (continued)