Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Seventy- ninth session8 August–2 September 2011

Provisional agenda and annotations

Note by the Secretary‑General*

1.The seventy-ninth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 8 August to 2 September 2011. The first meeting of the session will be convened at 10 a.m., Monday 8August.

2.This document contains the provisional agenda for the session, prepared by the Secretary‑General in consultation with the Chairman of the Committee in accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure, together with annotations relating thereto.

3.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 and for the consideration of States parties whose reports are seriously overdue, pursuant to the review procedure.

4.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.

Provisional a genda

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, paragraph 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.

10.Consideration of copies of petitions, copies of reports and other information relating to trust and non-self-governing territoriesand to all other territories to whichGeneral Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) applies, in conformity with article 15 of the Convention.

11.Report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session.

Annotations to the provisional agenda

1.Adoption of the agenda

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 for the election of the officers when 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.

2.Organizational and other matters

Under this item, the Committee will consider its programme of work for the seventy-ninth session. It will also discuss a draft general recommendation on racial discrimination against people of African descent. Furthermore, it will continue reviewing its working methods.

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 seventy-ninth session, the Committee will consider periodic reports received from the following States parties: Albania, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kenya, Maldives, Malta, Paraguay, Ukraine and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It has also scheduled a review of the implementation of the Convention in the following States parties for which periodic reports are seriously overdue: Belize, Jordan, Swaziland and Viet Nam.

In pursuance of 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 are scheduled for consideration by the Committee. A schedule for the consideration of reports submitted is set forth in the annexed timetable.

5.Submission of reports by States parties under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention

At its seventy-ninth 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 (CERD/C/79/2). Part A of that document lists the reports received from States parties and pending consideration by the Committee. Part B of the document 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 under this item communications which are 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 article 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee will consider under this item 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

Under this item, 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 under this item matters related to the universal periodic review of the Human Rights Council.

10.Consideration of copies of petitions, copies of reports and other information relating to trust and non-self-governing territories and to all other territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) applies, in conformity with article 15 of the Convention

Under this item, the Committee will have before it a note by the Secretary-General (CERD/C/79/3) concerning article 15 of the Convention and listing, as appropriate, copies of petitions, reports and working papers relating to the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

11. Report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixty - sixth session

Annex

Tentative timetable for consideration of reports, comments and further information submitted by states parties and for consideration of States parties whose reports are seriously overdue pursuant to the review procedure

The following timetable has been drawn up by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chairman, taking into account the relevant decisions taken by the Committee at its seventy-eighth session.

Day	Meeting No. and Name	Meeting
Wednesday 10 August 2011	2094th 3 p.m.	Paraguay (CERD/C/PRY / 1-3)
Thursday 11 August 2011	2095th 10 a.m.	Paraguay continued
	2096th 3 p.m.	Maldives ( CERD/C/MDV/5-12 )
Friday 12 August 2011	2097th 10 a.m.	Maldives continued
Monday 15 August 2011	2 100 th 3 p.m.	Kenya ( CERD/C/KEN/1-4 )
Tuesday 16 August 2011	2 101 st 10 a.m.	Kenya continued
2 102 nd 3 p.m.	Georgia ( CERD/C/GEO/4-5 )
Wednesday 17 August 2011	2 103rd 10 a.m.	Georgia continued
2 104 th 3 p.m.	Ukraine ( CERD/C/UKR/19-21 )
Thursday 18 August 2011	2 105 th 10 a.m.	Ukraine continued
2 106th 3 p.m.	Czech Republic ( CERD/C/CZE/8-9 )
Friday 19 August 2011	2 107th 10 a.m.	Czech Republic C ontinued
Monday 22 August 2011	2110th 3 p.m.	Albania ( CERD/C/ALB/5-8 )
Tuesday 23 August 2011	2 111 th 10 a.m.	Albania continued
2 112 th 3 p.m.	United Kingdom ( CERD/C/GBR/18-20 )
Wednesday 24 August 2011	2 113 th 10 a.m.	United Kingdom C ontinued
	21 14th 3 p.m.	Malta (CERD/C/MLT/15-20)
Thursday 25 August 2011	2 115 th 10 a.m.	Malta continued
Friday 26 August 2011	2118 th 3 p.m.	Communications