Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Forty-sixth session
Summary record (partial)* of the 29th meeting**
Held at the Palais Wilson, Geneva, on Friday, 20 May 2011, at 10 a.m.
Chairperson:Mr. Pillay
Contents
Consideration of reports
(a)Reports submitted by States parties in accordance with articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant (continued)
Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (continued)
Closure of the session
The discussion covered in the summary record began at 12.55 p.m.
Consideration of reports
(a) Reports submitted by States parties in accordance with articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant (continued) (E/C.12/DEU/CO/5; E/C.12/MDA/CO/2; E/C.12/RUS/CO/5; E/C.12/TUR/CO/1; E/C.12/YEM/CO/2)
The Chairperson said he took it that the Committee wished to adopt the concluding observations on the reports of Germany, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Yemen which it had considered at the current session.
It was so decided.
The Chairperson said that the concluding observations just adopted would be communicated to the States parties concerned and published.
Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (continued)
The Chairperson drew attention to the substantive issues addressed by the Committee at the current session. It had discussed and adopted a statement on the importance and relevance of the right to development on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and a statement on the obligations of States parties regarding the corporate sector and economic, social and cultural rights.
Closure of the session
After the customary exchange of courtesies, the Chairperson declared the forty-sixth session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights closed.
The meeting rose at 1 p.m.