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Initial reports due in 1992 (continued) |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Ecuador Egypt El Salvador France Gambia |
2 September 1990 2 September 1990 2 September 1990 6 September 1990 7 September 1990 |
1 September 1992 1 September 1992 1 September 1992 5 September 1992 6 September 1992 |
11 June 1996 23 October 1992 3 November 1992 8 April 1993 20 November 1999 |
CRC/C/3/Add.44 CRC/C/3/Add.6 CRC/C/3/Add.9 and Add.28 CRC/C/3/Add.15 CRC/C/3/Add.61 |
|
|
Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau |
2 September 1990 5 December 1990 2 September 1990 2 September 1990 19 September 1990 |
1 September 1992 4 December 1992 1 September 1992 1 September 1992 18 September 1992 |
20 November 1995 24 September 1997 5 January 1995 20 November 1996 |
CRC/C/3/Add.39 CRC/C/3/Add.55 CRC/C/3/Add.33 CRC/C/3/Add.48 |
|
|
Holy See Honduras Indonesia Kenya Mali |
2 September 1990 9 September 1990 5 October 1990 2 September 1990 20 October 1990 |
1 September 1992 8 September 1992 4 October 1992 1 September 1992 19 October 1992 |
2 March 1994 11 May 1993 17 November 1992 13 January 2000 2 April 1997 |
CRC/C/3/Add.27 CRC/C/3/Add.17 CRC/C/3/Add.10 and Add.26 CRC/C/3/Add.62 CRC/C/3/Add.53 |
|
|
Malta Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Namibia |
30 October 1990 2 September 1990 21 October 1990 2 September 1990 30 October 1990 |
29 October 1992 1 September 1992 20 October 1992 1 September 1992 29 October 1992 |
26 December 1997 25 July 1995 15 December 1992 20 October 1994 21 December 1992 |
CRC/C/3/Add.56 CRC/C/3/Add.36 CRC/C/3/Add.11 CRC/C/3/Add.32 CRC/C/3/Add.12 |
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Initial reports due in 1992 (continued) |
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State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
Nepal Nicaragua Niger Pakistan Paraguay |
14 October 1990 4 November 1990 30 October 1990 12 December 1990 25 October 1990 |
13 October 1992 3 November 1992 29 October 1992 11 December 1992 24 October 1992 |
10 April 1995 12 January 1994 25 January 1993 30 August 1993 and 13 November 1996 |
CRC/C/3/Add.34 CRC/C/3/Add.25 CRC/C/3/Add.13 CRC/C/3/Add.22 and Add.47 |
|
Peru Philippines Portugal Romania Russian Federation |
4 October 1990 20 September 1990 21 October 1990 28 October 1990 15 September 1990 |
3 October 1992 19 September 1992 20 October 1992 27 October 1992 14 September 1992 |
28 October 1992 21 September 1993 17 August 1994 14 April 1993 16 October 1992 |
CRC/C/3/Add.7 and Add.24 CRC/C/3/Add.23 CRC/C/3/Add.30 CRC/C/3/Add.16 CRC/C/3/Add.5 |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Sudan |
2 September 1990 2 September 1990 7 October 1990 2 September 1990 2 September 1990 |
1 September 1992 1 September 1992 6 October 1992 1 September 1992 1 September 1992 |
21 January 1997 12 September 1994 10 April 1996 29 September 1992 |
CRC/C/3/Add.51 CRC/C/3/Add.31 CRC/C/3/Add.43 CRC/C/3/Add.3 and Add.20 |
|
Initial reports due in 1992 |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Sweden Togo Uganda Uruguay Venezuela |
2 September 1990 2 September 1990 16 September 1990 20 December 1990 13 October 1990 |
1 September 1992 1 September 1992 15 September 1992 19 December 1992 12 October 1992 |
7 September 1992 27 February 1996 1 February 1996 2 August 1995 9 July 1997 |
CRC/C/3/Add.1 CRC/C/3/Add.42 CRC/C/3/Add.40 CRC/C/3/Add.37 CRC/C/3/Add.54 |
|
|
Viet Nam Zimbabwe |
2 September 1990 11 October 1990 |
1 September 1992 10 October 1992 |
30 September 1992 23 May 1995 |
CRC/C/3/Add.4 and Add.21 CRC/C/3/Add.35 |
|
Initial reports due in 1993 |
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Angola Argentina Australia Bahamas Bulgaria |
4 January 1991 3 January 1991 16 January 1991 22 March 1991 3 July 1991 |
3 January 1993 2 January 1993 15 January 1993 21 March 1993 2 July 1993 |
17 March 1993 8 January 1996 29 September 1995 |
CRC/C/8/Add.2 and Add.17 CRC/C/8/Add.31 CRC/C/8/Add.29 |
|
|
Colombia Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus |
27 February 1991 6 March 1991 7 November 1991 20 September 1991 9 March 1991 |
26 February 1993 5 March 1993 6 November 1993 19 September 1993 8 March 1993 |
14 April 1993 22 January 1998 8 November 1994 27 October 1995 22 December 1994 |
CRC/C/8/Add.3 CRC/C/8/Add.41 CRC/C/8/Add.19 CRC/C/8/Add.30 CRC/C/8/Add.24 |
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Initial reports due in 1993 (continued) |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Estonia |
18 August 1991 5 January 1991 12 April 1991 11 July 1991 20 November 1991 |
17 August 1993 4 January 1993 11 April 1993 10 July 1993 19 November 1993 |
14 September 1993 17 February 1998 |
CRC/C/8/Add.8 CRC/C/8/Add.39 |
|
|
1 December 1999 |
CRC/C/8/Add.40 |
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|
Ethiopia Finland Guyana Hungary Israel |
13 June 1991 20 July 1991 13 February 1991 6 November 1991 2 November 1991 |
12 June 1993 19 July 1993 12 February 1993 5 November 1993 1 November 1993 |
10 August 1995 12 December 1994 28 June 1996 |
CRC/C/8/Add.27 CRC/C/8/Add.22 CRC/C/8/Add.34 |
|
|
Italy Jamaica Jordan Kuwait Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
5 October 1991 13 June 1991 23 June 1991 20 November 1991 7 June 1991 |
4 October 1993 12 June 1993 22 June 1993 19 November 1993 6 June 1993 |
11 October 1994 25 January 1994 25 May 1993 23 August 1996 18 January 1996 |
CRC/C/8/Add.18 CRC/C/8/Add.12 CRC/C/8/Add.4 CRC/C/8/Add.35 CRC/C/8/Add.32 |
|
|
Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritania |
13 June 1991 18 April 1991 1 February 1991 13 March 1991 15 June 1991 |
12 June 1993 17 May 1993 31 January 1993 12 March 1993 14 June 1993 |
21 December 1994 20 July 1993 6 July 1994 18 January 2000 |
CRC/C/8/Add.23 CRC/C/8/Add.5 CRC/C/8/Add.33 and Add.37 CRC/C/8/Add.42 |
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Initial reports due in 1993 (continued) |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Myanmar Nigeria Norway Panama Poland |
14 August 1991 19 May 1991 7 February 1991 11 January 1991 7 July 1991 |
13 August 1993 18 May 1993 6 February 1993 10 January 1993 6 July 1993 |
14 September 1995 19 July 1995 30 August 1993 19 September 1995 11 January 1994 |
CRC/C/8/Add.9 CRC/C/8/Add.26 CRC/C/8/Add.7 CRC/C/8/Add.28 CRC/C/8/Add.11 |
|
|
Republic of Korea Rwanda San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Slovenia |
20 December 1991 23 February 1991 25 December 1991 13 June 1991 25 June 1991 |
19 December 1993 22 February 1993 24 December 1993 12 June 1993 24 June 1993 |
17 November 1994 30 September 1992 29 May 1995 |
CRC/C/8/Add.21 CRC/C/8/Add.1 CRC/C/8/Add.25 |
|
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Spain Sri Lanka The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ukraine United Republic of Tanzania |
5 January 1991 11 August 1991 17 September 1991 27 September 1991 10 July 1991 |
4 January 1993 10 August 1993 16 September 1993 26 September 1993 9 July 1993 |
10 August 1993 23 March 1994 4 March 1997 8 October 1993 20 October 1999 |
CRC/C/8/Add.6 CRC/C/8/Add.13 CRC/C/8/Add.36 CRC/C/8/Add.10/Rev.1 CRC/C/8/Add.14/Rev.1 |
|
|
Yemen Yugoslavia |
31 May 1991 2 February 1991 |
30 May 1993 1 February 1993 |
14 November 1994 21 September 1994 |
CRC/C/8/Add.20 and Add.38 CRC/C/8/Add.16 |
|
Initial reports due in 1994 |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Albania Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belgium |
28 March 1992 5 September 1992 12 September 1992 14 March 1992 15 January 1992 |
27 March 1994 4 September 1994 11 September 1994 14 March 1994 14 January 1994 |
8 October 1996 9 November 1995 12 July 1994 |
CRC/C/11/Add.14 CRC/C/11/Add.8 CRC/C/11/Add.4 |
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina Cambodia Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic |
6 March 1992 14 November 1992 12 January 1992 4 July 1992 23 May 1992 |
5 March 1994 15 November 1994 11 January 1994 3 July 1994 23 May 1994 |
18 December 1997 17 June 1994 30 November 1999 15 April 1998 |
CRC/C/11/Add.16 CRC/C/11/Add.3 CRC/C/11/Add.23 CRC/C/11/Add.18 |
|
|
China Czech Republic Equatorial Guinea Germany Iceland |
1 April 1992 1 January 1993 15 July 1992 5 April 1992 27 November 1992 |
31 March 1994 31 December 1994 14 July 1994 4 May 1994 26 November 1994 |
27 March 1995 4 March 1996 30 August 1994 30 November 1994 |
CRC/C/11/Add.7 CRC/C/11/Add.11 CRC/C/11/Add.5 CRC/C/11/Add.6 |
|
|
Ireland Latvia Lesotho Lithuania Slovakia |
28 October 1992 14 May 1992 9 April 1992 1 March 1992 1 January 1993 |
27 October 1994 13 May 1994 8 April 1994 28 February 1994 31 December 1994 |
4 April 1996 25 November 1998 27 April 1998 6 August 1998 6 April 1998 |
CRC/C/11/Add.12 CRC/C/11/Add.22 CRC/C/11/Add.20 CRC/C/11/Add.21 CRC/C/11/Add.17 |
|
Initial reports due in 1994 (continued) |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Zambia |
26 April 1992 4 January 1992 29 February 1992 15 January 1992 5 January 1992 |
25 April 1994 3 January 1994 28 February 1994 14 January 1994 4 January 1994 |
23 August 1996 16 February 1996 16 May 1994 15 March 1994 |
CRC/C/11/Add.13 CRC/C/11/Add.10 CRC/C/11/Add.2 CRC/C/11/Add.1, Add.9, Add.15 and Add.15/Corr.1, Add.19 |
|
Initial reports due in 1995 |
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Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Cameroon Comoros |
16 May 1993 4 November 1993 23 July 1993 10 February 1993 22 July 1993 |
15 May 1995 3 November 1995 5 August 1995 9 February 1995 21 July 1995 |
16 November 1995 19 February 1997 24 March 1998 |
CRC/C/28/Add.4 CRC/C/28/Add.9 CRC/C/28/Add.13 |
|
|
Congo Fiji Greece India Liberia |
13 November 1993 12 September 1993 10 June 1993 11 January 1993 4 July 1993 |
12 November 1995 11 September 1995 9 June 1995 10 January 1995 3 July 1995 |
12 June 1996 19 March 1997 |
CRC/C/28/Add.7 CRC/C/28/Add.10 |
|
Initial reports due in 1995 (continued) |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Morocco |
15 May 1993 3 November 1993 4 June 1993 21 July 1993 21 July 1993 |
14 May 1995 2 November 1995 3 June 1995 20 July 1995 20 July 1995 |
23 May 1996 18 March 1998 16 April 1996 9 June 1999 27 July 1995 |
CRC/C/28/Add.6 CRC/C/28/Add.12 CRC/C/28/Add.5 CRC/C/28/Add.15 CRC/C/28/Add.1 |
|
|
New Zealand Papua New Guinea Republic of Moldova Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6 May 1993 31 March 1993 25 February 1993 16 July 1993 25 November 1993 |
5 May 1995 31 March 1995 24 February 1995 15 July 1995 24 November 1995 |
29 September 1995 |
CRC/C/28/Add.3 |
|
|
Suriname Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Vanuatu |
31 March 1993 14 August 1993 25 November 1993 20 October 1993 6 August 1993 |
31 March 1995 13 August 1995 24 November 1995 19 October 1995 5 August 1995 |
13 February 1998 22 September 1995 14 April 1998 27 January 1997 |
CRC/C/28/Add.11 CRC/C/28/Add.2 CRC/C/28/Add.14 CRC/C/28/Add.8 |
|
Initial reports due in 1996 |
|||||
|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Afghanistan Gabon Luxembourg Japan Mozambique |
27 April 1994 11 March 1994 6 April 1994 22 May 1994 26 May 1994 |
26 April 1996 10 March 1996 5 April 1996 21 May 1996 25 May 1996 |
26 July 1996 30 May 1996 |
CRC/C/41/Add.2 CRC/C/41/Add.1 |
|
|
Georgia Iraq United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas Territories) Uzbekistan Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
2 July 1994 15 July 1994 7 September 1994 29 July 1994 12 August 1994 |
1 July 1996 14 July 1996 6 September 1996 28 July 1996 11 August 1996 |
7 April 1997 6 August 1996 26 May 1999 27 December 1999 9 December 1997 |
CRC/C/41/Add.4 CRC/C/41/Add.3 CRC/C/41/Add.7 CRC/C/41/Add.8 CRC/C/41/Add.5 |
|
|
Nauru Eritrea Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Samoa |
26 August 1994 2 September 1994 11 September 1994 6 November 1994 29 December 1994 |
25 August 1996 1 September 1996 10 September 1996 5 November 1996 28 December 1996 |
16 February 1998 |
CRC/C/41/Add.6 |
|
Initial reports due in 1997 |
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|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Netherlands Malaysia Botswana Qatar Turkey |
7 March 1995 19 March 1995 13 April 1995 3 May 1995 4 May 1995 |
6 March 1997 18 March 1997 12 April 1997 2 May 1997 3 May 1997 |
15 May 1997 29 October 1999 |
CRC/C/51/Add.1 CRC/C/51/Add.5 |
|
|
Solomon Islands Haiti South Africa Palau Swaziland |
10 May 1995 8 July 1995 16 July 1995 3 September 1995 6 October 1995 |
9 May 1997 7 July 1997 15 July 1997 3 September 1997 5 October 1997 |
4 December 1997 21 October 1998 |
CRC/C/51/Add.2 CRC/C/51/Add.3 |
|
|
Tuvalu Singapore Tonga |
22 October 1995 4 November 1995 6 December 1995 |
21 October 1997 3 November 1997 5 December 1997 |
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|
Initial reports due in 1998 |
|||||
|
Kiribati Niue Liechtenstein Brunei Darussalam Andorra |
10 January 1996 19 January 1996 21 January 1996 26 January 1996 1 February 1996 |
9 January 1998 18 January 1998 20 January 1998 25 January 1998 31 January 1998 |
22 September 1998 |
CRC/C/61/Add.1 |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
25 February 1996 |
24 February 1998 |
21 October 1999 |
CRC/C/61/Add.2 |
|
Initial reports due in 1999 |
|||||
|
State party |
Date of entry into force |
Date due |
Date of submission |
Symbol |
|
|
Oman United Arab Emirates Switzerland Cook Islands |
8 January 1997 2 February 1997 26 March 1997 6 July 1997 |
7 January 1999 1 February 1999 25 March 1999 5 July 1999 |
5 July 1999 |
CRC/C/78/Add.1 |
Second periodic reports due in 1997
State partyDate dueDate of submissionSymbol
Bangladesh 1 September 1997
Barbados 7 November 1997
Belarus30 October 199720 May 1999CRC/C/65/Add.14
Belize 1 September 1997
Benin 1 September 1997
Bhutan 1 September 1997
Bolivia 1 September 199712 August 1997CRC/C/65/Add.1
Brazil23 October 1997
Burkina Faso29 September 199711 October 1999CRC/C/65/Add.18
Burundi17 November 1997
Chad31 October 1997
Chile11 September 199710 February 1999CRC/C/65/Add.13
Costa Rica20 September 199720 January 1998CRC/C/65/Add.7
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea20 October 1997
Democratic Republic
of the Congo26 October 1997
Ecuador 1 September 1997
Egypt 1 September 199718 September 1998CRC/C/65/Add.9
El Salvador 1 September 1997
France 5 September 1997
Gambia 6 September 1997
Ghana 1 September 1997
Grenada 4 December 1997
Guatemala 1 September 1997 7 October 1998CRC/C/65/Add.10
Guinea 1 September 1997
Guinea‑Bissau18 September 1997
Holy See 1 September 1997
Honduras 8 September 199718 September 1997CRC/C/65/Add.2
Indonesia 4 October 1997
Kenya 1 September 1997
Mali19 October 1997
Malta29 October 1997
Mauritius 1 September 1997
Mexico20 October 199714 January 1998CRC/C/65/Add.6
Mongolia 1 September 1997
Namibia29 October 1997
Second periodic reports due in 1997 (continued)
State partyDate dueDate of submissionSymbol
Nepal13 October 1997
Nicaragua 3 November 199712 November 1997CRC/C/65/Add.4
Niger29 October 1997
Pakistan11 December 1997
Paraguay24 October 199712 October 1998CRC/C/65/Add.12
Peru 3 October 199725 March 1998CRC/C/65/Add.8
Philippines19 September 1997
Portugal20 October 1997 8 October 1998CRC/C/65/Add.11
Romania27 October 199718 January 2000CRC/C/65/Add.19
Russian Federation14 September 199712 January 1998CRC/C/65/Add.5
Saint Kitts 1 September 1997
and Nevis
Senegal 1 September 1997
Seychelles 6 October 1997
Sierra Leone 1 September 1997
Sudan 1 September 1997 7 July 1999CRC/C/65/Add.15
Sweden 1 September 199725 September 1997CRC/C/65/Add.3
Togo 1 September 1997
Uganda15 September 1997
Uruguay19 December 1997
Venezuela12 October 1997
Viet Nam 1 September 1997
Zimbabwe10 October 1997
Second periodic reports due in 1998
Angola 3 January 1998
Argentina 2 January 199812 August 1999CRC/C/70/Add.16
Australia15 January 1998
Bahamas21 March 1998
Bulgaria 2 July 1998
Colombia26 February 1998 9 September 1998CRC/C/70/Add.5
Côte d’Ivoire 5 March 1998
Croatia 7 October 1998
Cuba19 September 1998
Cyprus 8 March 1998
Second periodic reports due in 1998 (continued)
State partyDate dueDate of submissionSymbol
Denmark17 August 199815 September 1998CRC/C/70/Add.6
Djibouti 4 January 1998
Dominica11 April 1998
Dominican Republic10 July 1998
Estonia19 November 1998
Ethiopia12 June 199828 September 1998CRC/C/70/Add.7
Finland19 July 1998 3 August 1998CRC/C/70/Add.3
Guyana12 February 1998
Hungary 5 November 1998
Israel 1 November 1998
Italy 4 October 1998
Jamaica12 June 1998
Jordan22 June 1998 5 August 1998CRC/C/70/Add.4
Kuwait19 November 1998
Lao People’s
Democratic
Republic 6 June 1998
Lebanon12 June 1998 4 December 1998CRC/C/70/Add.8
Madagascar17 April 1998
Malawi31 January 1998
Maldives12 March 1998
Mauritania14 June 1998
Myanmar13 August 1998
Nigeria18 May 1998
Norway 6 February 1998 1 July 1998CRC/C/70/Add.2
Panama10 January 1998
Poland 6 July 1998 2 December 1999CRC/C/70/Add.12
Republic of Korea19 December 1998
Rwanda22 February 1998
San Marino24 December 1998
Sao Tome and
Principe12 June 1998
Slovenia24 June 1998
Second periodic reports due in 1998 (continued)
State partyDate dueDate of submissionSymbol
Spain 4 January 1998 1 June 1999CRC/C/70/Add.9
Sri Lanka10 August 1998
The former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia16 September 1998
Ukraine26 September 199812 August 1999CRC/C/70/Add.11
United Republic
of Tanzania 9 July 1998
Yemen30 May 1998 3 February 1998CRC/C/70/Add.1
Yugoslavia 1 February 1998
Second periodic reports due in 1999
Albania27 March 1999
Austria 4 September 1999
Azerbaijan11 September 1999
Bahrain14 March 1999
Belgium15 January 1999 7 May 1999CRC/C/83/Add.2
Bosnia and
Herzegovina 5 March 1999
Cambodia15 November 1999
Canada11 January 1999
Cape Verde 3 July 1999
Central African
Republic23 May 1999
China31 March 1999
Czech Republic31 December 1999
Equatorial Guinea14 July 1999
Germany 4 May 1999
Iceland26 November 1999
Ireland27 October 1999
Latvia13 May 1999
Lesotho 8 April 1999
Lithuania28 February 1999
Slovakia31 December 1999
Second periodic reports due in 1999 (continued)
State partyDate dueDate of submissionSymbol
Thailand25 April 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 3 January 1999
Tunisia28 February 199916 March 1999CRC/C/83/Add.1
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland14 January 199914 September 1999CRC/C/83/Add.3
Zambia 4 January 1999
Second periodic reports due in 2000
Algeria15 May 2000
Antigua and Barbuda 3 November 2000
Armenia 5 August 2000
Cameroon 9 February 2000
Comoros21 July 2000
Congo12 November 2000
Federated States
of Micronesia 3 June 2000
Fiji11 September 2000
Greece 9 June 2000
India10 January 2000
Liberia 3 July 2000
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya14 May 2000
Marshall Islands 2 November 2000
Monaco20 July 2000
Morocco20 July 2000
New Zealand 5 May 2000
Papua New Guinea31 March 2000
Republic of Moldova24 February 2000
Saint Lucia15 July 2000
Saint Vincent
and the
Grenadines24 November 2000
Suriname31 March 2000
Syrian Arab
Republic13 August 2000
Tajikistan24 November 2000
Turkmenistan19 October 2000
Vanuatu 5 August 2000
Annex IV
REPUBLIC OF IRAQ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Date: November 1998
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq presents its compliments to the Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and acknowledges receipt of the concluding observations adopted on 9 October 1998 (CRC/C/15/Add.94) concerning Iraq’s
initial report which was considered on 23 and 24 September 1998.
We find that the concluding observations concerning important aspects of the report differ from the views expressed in the summary records of the discussions that were held in the presence of the delegation of the Republic of Iraq. Hence, we feel obliged to make the following objective comments on those concluding observations and to request their submission with the
Committee’s report to the General Assembly:
1.The observations make no reference to the fact that the delegation of Iraq invited three members of your distinguished Committee to visit Iraq in order to obtain first‑hand knowledge of the situation of Iraqi children. The failure to accept or reject that invitation constitutes an
inexplicable response to Iraq’s positive offer to cooperate with the Committee.
2.The observation contained in paragraph 5, concerning the embargo and its effects on the implementation of the Convention, is incomplete insofar as it does not reflect the discussions held and the proposals made to the Committee, particularly at the 484th meeting on 24 September 1998, concerning the need to appeal to the international community to lift the embargo as specified in Decision 1998/114 of the Sub‑Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, to which reference was made in the same observation. This implies that the observation was formulated in a consensual manner under the influence of factors that had nothing to do with the substance of the discussions and are alien to
the impartial nature of the expert members of the Committee.
3.All the recommendations contained in paragraphs 23, 26, 27 and 28 relate to the effects of the embargo, illustrated by the deteriorating health and nutritional situation of children, school drop‑outs, the early employment of children and the question of children living and/or working on the streets. However, the impact of the embargo in this regard is referred to only in paragraph 25 concerning the effect of current economic conditions in the State on school drop‑outs. Those recommendations fail to mention the consequences of the lack of resources available to the State, to which reference is made in article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in General Comment No. 8 adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 1997, as noted in paragraph 5 which indicated that the embargo had adversely affected the rights of children to survival, health and education, which form the subject of
paragraphs 23, 26 and 27.
We trust that the text of this note will be attached to the report on the Committee’s activities during its nineteenth session, which will be submitted to the General Assembly of the
United Nations.
The Ministry takes this opportunity to convey the assurances of its highest consideration.
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