Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

101st session

20 April–8 May 2020

Item 3 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.Solemn declaration by the newly elected members of the Committee under rule 14 of the rules of procedure.

2.Election of officers, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure.

3.Adoption of the agenda.

4.Organizational and other matters.

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

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

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

8.Consideration of communications under article 11 of the Convention.

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

10.Follow-up procedure.

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

12.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.

13.Consideration of general recommendation No. 36 on preventing and combating racial profiling.

Annotations

1.Solemn declaration by the newly elected members of the Committee under rule 14 of the rules of procedure

In accordance with rule 14 of the rules of procedure, the nine members of the Committee elected or re-elected at the twenty-eighth meeting of States parties to the Convention, held on 21 June 2019, will make the following solemn declaration:

“I solemnly declare that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination honourably, faithfully, impartially and conscientiously.”

2.Election of officers, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of procedure

In accordance with article 10 (2) of the Convention and rules 15 and 16 of the rules of procedure, the Committee shall elect from among its members a Chair, three Vice-Chairs and a Rapporteur. The officers of the Committee shall be elected for a term of two years. They shall be eligible for re-election.

Under rule 58 of the rules of procedure, elections shall be held by secret ballot, unless the Committee decides otherwise in the case of an election to fill a place for which there is only one candidate.

3.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.

The Committee will be invited to consider, revise as necessary, and adopt the agenda for the session.

4.Organizational and other matters

The 101st session of the Committee will be held at Palais Wilson in Geneva from 20 April to 8 May 2020. The first meeting of the session will be convened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 20 April 2020.

The Committee will consider its programme of work for the 101st session. Furthermore, it will continue to review 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.

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

The Committee decided at its forty-fifth session to establish the present 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 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.

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

At its 101st session, the Committee will consider periodic reports received from the following States parties: Denmark, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland.

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.

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

At its 101st 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.

8.Consideration of communications under article 11 of the Convention

At its 101st session, the Committee will pursue its consideration of communications submitted under article 11 of the Convention.

9.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.

10.Follow-up procedure

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

11.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.

12.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

The Committee will discuss 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.

13.Consideration of general recommendation No. 36 on preventing and combating racial profiling

At its 101st session, the Committee will pursue its work on drafting general recommendation No. 36 on preventing and combating racial profiling.

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 100th session.

Day	Number and time of meeting	State party
Tuesday21 April 2020	2806th3–6 p.m.	Lebanon
Wednesday22 April 2020	2807th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Lebanon (continued)
2808th3–6 p.m.	Switzerland
Thursday23 April 2020	2809th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Switzerland (continued)
2810th3–6 p.m.	Italy
Friday24 April 2020	2811th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Italy (continued)
Monday27 April 2020	2814th3–6 p.m.	Netherlands
Tuesday28 April 2020	2815th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Netherlands (continued)
2816th3–6 p.m.	Denmark
Wednesday29 April 2020	2817th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Denmark (continued)
2818th3–6 p.m.	Singapore
Thursday30 April 2020	2819th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Singapore (continued)