UNITED

NATIONS

CERD

International Convention on

the Elimination

of all Forms of

Racial Discrimination

Distr.

GENERAL

CERD/SP/71

6 November 2009

Original: ENGLISH

MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES

Twenty-third meeting

New York, 21 January 2010

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Submitted by the Secretary-General

1.Opening of the meeting by the representative of the Secretary-General.

2.Election of the Chairperson.

3.Adoption of the agenda.

4.Election of other officers of the meeting.

5.Election of nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 19 January 2010, in accordance with article 8, paragraphs 1 to 5, of the Convention (CERD/SP/72).

6.Other matters.

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