State party

Date due

Afghanistana

Initial report

4 April 2004

Second periodic report

4 April 2008

Andorra

Second periodic report

14 February 2002

Third periodic report

14 February 2006

Angola

Sixth periodic report

17 October 2007

Antigua and Barbuda

Fourth periodic report

31 August 2002

Fifth periodic report

31 August 2006

Bahamasb

Initial report

5 November 1994

Second periodic report

5 November 1998

Third periodic report

5 November 2002

Fourth periodic report

5 November 2006

Barbados

Fifth periodic report

3 September 1999

Sixth periodic report

3 September 2003

Seventh periodic report

3 September 2007

Belarus

Seventh periodic report

3 September 2006

Benin

Fourth and fifth periodic report

11 April 2009

Brazil

Seventh periodic report

2 March 2009

Brunei Darussalam

Initial report

23 June 2007

Bulgariaa

Fourth periodic report

10 March 1995

Fifth periodic report

10 March 1999

Sixth periodic report

10 March 2003

Seventh periodic report

10 March 2007

Central African Republicb

Initial report

21 July 1992

Second periodic report

21 July 1996

Third periodic report

21 July 2000

Fourth periodic report

21 July 2004

Fifth periodic report

21 July 2008

Chadc

Initial report

9 July 1996

Second periodic report

9 July 2000

Third periodic report

9 July 2004

Fourth periodic report

9 July 2008

Comorosc

Initial report

30 November 1995

Second periodic report

30 November 1999

Third periodic report

30 November 2003

Fourth periodic report

30 November 2007

Congo

Sixth and seventh periodic report

25 August 2007

Costa Rica

Fifth and sixth periodic report

4 May 2007

Côte d’Ivoired

Initial report

17 January 1997

Second periodic report

17 January 2001

Third periodic report

17 January 2005

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Second periodic report

27 March 2006

Djiboutia

Initial report

2 January 2000

Second periodic report

2 January 2004

Third periodic report

2 January 2008

Dominican Republic

Sixth and seventh periodic report

2 October 2007

Equatorial Guinea

Sixth periodic report

22 November 2005

Eritrea

Fourth periodic report

5 October 2008

Ethiopia

Sixth and seventh periodic report

10 October 2006

Gabon

Sixth and seventh periodic report

20 February 2008

Gambia

Fourth periodic report

16 May 2006

Greece

Seventh periodic report

7 July 2008

Grenadab

Initial report

29 September 1991

Second periodic report

29 September 1995

Third periodic report

29 September 1999

Fourth periodic report

29 September 2003

Fifth periodic report

29 September 2007

Guyana

Seventh periodic report

3 September 2006

Iraq

Fourth periodic report

12 September 1999

Fifth periodic report

12 September 2003

Sixth periodic report

12 September 2007

Ireland

Sixth periodic report

22 January 2007

Italy

Sixth periodic report

10 July 2006

Kiribati

Initial report

16 April 2005

Second periodic report

16 April 2009

Kuwait

Third and fourth periodic report

2 October 2007

Latvia

Fourth periodic report

14 May 2005

Fifth periodic report

14 May 2009

Lesothoc

Initial report

21 September 1996

Second periodic report

21 September 2000

Third periodic report

21 September 2004

Fourth periodic report

21 September 2008

Liechtenstein

Fourth periodic report

21 January 2009

Malaysia

Third and fourth periodic report

4 August 2008

Malta

Fourth periodic report

7 April 2004

Fifth periodic report

7 April 2008

Marshall Islands

Initial report

1 April 2007

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Initial report

1 October 2005

Monaco

Initial report

17 April 2006

Montenegro

Initial report

22 November 2007

Nepal

Fourth and fifth periodic report

22 May 2008

Oman

Initial report

9 March 2007

Pakistan

Fourth periodic report

11 April 2009

Paraguay

Sixth periodic report

6 May 2008

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fifth periodic report

25 May 2002

Sixth periodic report

25 May 2006

Saint Lucia

Seventh periodic report

7 November 2007

Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesa

Fourth periodic report

3 September 1994

Fifth periodic report

3 September 1998

Sixth periodic report

3 September 2002

Seventh periodic report

3 September 2006

San Marino

Initial report

9 January 2005

Second periodic report

9 January 2009

Sao Tome and Principe

Initial report

3 July 2004

Second periodic report

3 July 2008

Senegala

Third periodic report

7 March 1994

Fourth periodic report

7 March 1998

Fifth periodic report

7 March 2002

Sixth periodic report

7 March 2006

Seychellesb

Initial report

4 June 1993

Second periodic report

4 June 1997

Third periodic report

4 June 2001

Fourth periodic report

4 June 2005

Solomon Islandsa

Initial report

6 June 2003

Second periodic report

6 June 2007

South Africa

Second periodic report

14 January 2001

Third periodic report

14 January 2005

Fourth periodic report

14 January 2009

Sri Lanka

Fifth periodic report

4 November 1998

Sixth periodic report

4 November 2002

Seventh periodic report

4 November 2006

Swaziland

Initial report

25 April 2005

Second periodic report

25 April 2009

Togo

Sixth and seventh periodic report

26 October 2008

Trinidad and Tobago

Fourth periodic report

11 February 2003

Fifth periodic report

11 February 2007

Venezuela ( Bolivarian Republic of)

Seventh periodic report

1 June 2008

Zambia

Fifth periodic report

21 July 2002

Sixth periodic report

21 July 2006

Zimbabwea

Second periodic report

12 June 1996

Third periodic report

12 June 2000

Fourth periodic report

12 June 2004

Fifth periodic report

12 June 2008

aAt its forty-first session, the Committee invited the State party to submit all its overdue reports in a combined report within two years, failing which the Committee would proceed with considerations of the implementation of the Convention in the States parties concerned in the absence of a report (A/63/38, chap. VI, para. 419).

bAt its thirty-ninth session, the Committee decided to consider the State party in early 2010, if necessary, in the absence of a report (A/62/38, chap. VI, para. 675).

cAt its thirty-ninth session, the Committee decided to consider the State party in the second half of 2010, if necessary, in the absence of a report (A/62/38, chap. VI, para. 675).

dAt its thirty-eighth session, the Committee decided to send a reminder to the State party to submit all its overdue reports as a combined report for consideration as soon as possible (A/62/38, chap. VI, para. 408).

Annex II

States parties whose reports were five years or more overdue as at 1 May 2009

State party

Afghanistan

Andorra

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Bulgaria

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d’Ivoire

Djibouti

Grenada

Iraq

Lesotho

Malta

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Senegal

Seychelles

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Trinidad and Tobago

Zambia

Zimbabwe