Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Nineteenth session9 – 13 September2013

Item 2 of the provisional agenda Adoption of the agenda

Provisional annotated agenda and programme of work

Note by the Secretariat

1.The nineteenth session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson) from 9 to 13 September 2013. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 9 September at 10 a.m.

2.The attached provisional annotated agenda and programme of work for the nineteenth session of the Committee have been prepared by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chairperson of the Committee, in accordance with rule 5 of the Committee’s provisional rules of procedure.

Provisional agenda

1.Opening of the session.

2.Adoption of the agenda.

3.Organizational matters.

4.Submission of reports by States parties.

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention.

6.Methods of work of the Committee.

7.Promotion of the Convention.

8.Issues pertaining to the Convention.

Annotations

1.Opening of the session

The representative of the Secretary-General will open the nineteenth session of the Committee.

2.Adoption of the agenda

Under rule 6 of the Committee’s provisional rules of procedure, the first item on the agenda of any session shall be the adoption of the agenda, unless the election of officers is required under rule 12. In accordance with rule 7, the Committee may revise the agenda during a session and may, as appropriate, defer or delete items.

3.Organizational matters

Under this item, the Committee will consider its programme of work for the session as well as other issues relevant to the Committee’s business, including the dates for the future sessions of the Committee.

4.Submission of reports by States parties

The Committee has received the following initial reports, which are pending consideration by the Committee:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Morocco	1 July 2004	12 July 2012	CMW/C/MAR/1
Burkina Faso	1 March 2005	6 November 2012	CMW/C/BFA/1
Uruguay	1 July 2004	30 January 2013	CMW/C/URY/1

The Committee has received the following second periodic reports, which are pending consideration by the Committee:

State party	Date due	Date received	Symbol
Mali*	1 October 2009	3 May 2013	Not available

The following initial reports were due, but had not yet been received as at 1 June 2013:

State party	Date due
Bangladesh	1 December 2012
Belize*	1 July 2004
Cape Verde	1 July 2004
Ghana*	1 July 2004
Guinea	1 July 2004
Guyana	1 November 2011
Honduras	1 December 2006
Jamaica	1 January 2010
Kyrgyzstan*	1 January 2005
Lesotho	1 January 2007
Libya	1 October 2005
Mauritania	1 May 2008
Nicaragua	1 February 2007
Niger	1 July 2010
Nigeria	1 November 2010
Peru	1 January 2007
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 February 2012
Seychelles	1 July 2004
Timor-Leste	1 May 2005
Turkey	1 January 2006
Uganda*	1 July 2004

The following second periodic reports were due, but had not yet been received as at 1 June 2013:

State party	Date due
Algeria	1 May 2012
Egypt	1 July 2009
El Salvador*	1 December 2010
Mauritania	1 September 2013
Philippines*	1 May 2011
Sri Lanka*	1 November 2011
Syrian Arab Republic	1 October 2011

5.Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention

At its nineteenth session, the Committee will consider the initial reports received from Burkina Faso (CMW/C/BFA/1), and Morocco (CMW/C/MAR/1).

The Secretary-General has informed the States parties concerned of the dates on which their reports are scheduled for consideration by the Committee, in accordance with the provisional programme of work (see annex).

6.Methods of work of the Committee

Under this item, the Committee will discuss its methods of work, harmonization of treaty body working methods and other issues arising out of the ongoing treaty body strengthening process. In particular, the Committee will continue to discuss the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the strengthening of the human rights treaty bodies of June 2012 (A/66/860).

7.Promotion of the Convention

Under this item, the Committee will discuss its involvement in and support for various events to continue promoting the Convention.

8. Issues pertaining to the Convention

Under this item, the Committee will discuss meetings with stakeholders, days of general discussion, general comments and other activities.

Annex

Provisional programme of work

Date/time	Agenda item	Documentation/programme
Monday, 9 September
2 33rd meeting 10.00-11.00	1	Opening of the session (public)
	2, 3	Adoption of the agenda and consideration of the programme of work (public)
	7	Activities to promote the Convention (public)
11.00-12.00		Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions (public)
12.00-13.00		Informal meeting with the United Nations bodies and specialized agencies (closed)
2 34 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Burkina Faso (CMW/C/BFA/1) (public)
Tuesday, 1 0 September
2 35 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: initial report of Burkina Faso(cont’d) (public)
2 36 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 73 of the Convention: initial report of Morocco (CMW/C/MAR/1) (public)
Wednesday, 1 1 September
2 37 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5	Consideration of reports submitted by States parties: initial report of Morocco (cont’d) (public)
2 38 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5, 6, 7, 8	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
Thursday, 1 2 September
2 39 th meeting 10.00-13.00	5, 6, 7, 8	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
2 40 th meeting 15.00-18.00	5, 6, 7, 8	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
Friday, 1 3 September
2 41 st meeting 10.00-13.00	5, 6, 7, 8	Working Group of the Whole (closed)
2 4 2nd meeting 15.00-18.00	3	Organizational matters (closed) Closing of the session (public)