State	Signature	Ratification or accession a
Mauritania		22 January 2007 a
Mexico	22 May 1991	8 March 1999
Morocco	15 August 1991	21 June 1993
Nicaragua		26 October 2005 a
Paraguay	13 September 2000
Peru	22 September 2004	14 September 2005
Philippines	15 November 1993	5 July 1995
Sao Tome and Principe	6 September 2000
Senegal		9 June 1999 a
Serbia and Montenegro	11 November 2004
Seychelles		15 December 1994 a
Sierra Leone	15 September 2000
Sri Lanka		11 March 1996 a
Syrian Arab Republic		2 June 2005
Tajikistan	7 September 2000	8 January 2002
Timor-Leste		30 January 2004 a
Togo	15 November 2001
Turkey	13 January 1999	27 September 2004
Uganda		14 November 1995 a
Uruguay		15 February 2001 a

Annex II

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Name of the member	Country of nationality	Term expires on 31 December
Mr. Francisco ALBA	Mexico	2007
Mr. José Serrano BRILLANTES	Philippines	2009
Mr. Francisco CARRIÓN-MENA	Ecuador	2007
Ms. Ana Elizabeth CUBIAS MEDINA	El Salvador	2007
Ms. Anamaría DIEGUEZ	Guatemala	2009
Mr. Ahmed Hassan EL-BORAI	Egypt	2007
Mr. Abdelhamid EL JAMRI	Morocco	2007
Mr. Prasad KARIYAWASAM	Sri Lanka	2009
Mr. Mehmet SEVIM	Turkey	2009
Mr. Azad TAGHIZADE	Azerbaijan	2009

Composition of the Bureau

Chairperson:Mr. Prasad KARIYAWASAM (Sri Lanka)

Vice-Chairpersons:Mr. José Serrano BRILLANTES (Philippines)

Ms. Ana Elizabeth CUBIAS MEDINA (El Salvador)

Mr. Abdelhamid EL JAMRI (Egypt)

Rapporteur: Mr. Francisco ALBA (Mexico).

Annex III

Oral statement in accordance with rule 19 of the provisional rules of procedure

1.This statement is made in accordance with rule 19 of the rules of procedure of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

2.At its 58th meeting (sixth session), the Committee decided to request the Secretary‑General to arrange two sessions for the Committee in 2008, one session of two weeks duration and the other of one-week duration. This arrangement would replace the one three-week session per year for which provision has been made under sections 2 and 28E in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

3.The total estimated provision for travel and daily subsistence allowance for the independent experts proposed in the 2008-2009 proposed programme budget amount to US$ 183,200 ($91,600 per year) under section 23, Human Rights.

4.Total full costs of travel and daily subsistence allowance for the independent experts of the activities envisaged under the terms of the decision would amount to US$ 180,000 for 2008 under section 23, Human Rights.

5.There would not be any additional requirements related to conference services to be provided to the Committee, since the pattern of meetings proposed for 2008 remain unchanged.

6.Should the draft decision be adopted by the Committee, total additional full cost for activities envisaged under the draft decision for the year 2008 would amount to $88,400, under section 23, Human Rights, of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

7.Although it is estimated that additional requirements of US$ 88,400 are likely to arise were the Committee to adopt the draft decision, prior experience on the pattern of meetings of the Committee suggests that additional requirements should not be proposed at this time. The Secretariat wishes to inform the Committee that, based on experience in the servicing of the sessions of the Committee in 2008 and decisions that will be taken by the Committee on the pattern of its sessions for 2009, it will inform the Committee in 2008 of any implications on the resources approved by the General Assembly under section 23 of the programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009.

Annex IV

Statement by the Committee on the Protection of theRights of All Migrant Workers and Members of TheirFamilies concerning the idea of creating a singlehuman rights treaty body

1.The present statement is the contribution of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to the ongoing reform debate concerning the human rights treaty bodies.

2.The Committee recalls the Plan of Action of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/59/2005/Add.3) and the proposals contained therein for the reform of the human rights treaty bodies. The Committee expresses its appreciation for the concept paper by the High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning her proposal for a unified standing treaty body (HRI/MC/2006/2).

3.The Committee examined with great interest the High Commissioner’s concept paper, which had the merit of identifying a number of challenges that are currently faced by the human rights treaty body system. The Committee recognizes the intention of the High Commissioner to propose practical measures aimed at finding solutions to the challenges identified.

4.The Committee has examined all the documents relating to the proposal contained in the concept paper, as well as the positions adopted by other treaty bodies in reaction to this proposal. The Committee would like to express its concern that the establishment of a unified standing treaty body replacing a specialized body monitoring the Convention on Migrant Workers may lead to a lack of specific attention to the rights of migrant workers. Beyond this concern about the loss of specificity of the Convention on Migrant Workers, the Committee is also concerned about losing its own identity, especially when it has only been in existence for few years and is still striving to develop that specific identity.

5.In view of these concerns, the Committee does not consider that the High Commissioner’s proposal is feasible at this point. The establishment of a unified standing treaty body may constitute a long-term objective, but the Committee is, for the time being, strongly in favour of the focus being on the harmonization of the working methods of the treaty bodies and on greater cooperation between them in order to enhance the capacity of the treaty body system.

6.To that end, the Committee examined the proposals made by the Working Group on the harmonization of working methods. These include the idea of establishing a working group of the inter-committee meeting to discuss concrete proposals, or alternatively, the creation of a higher-level, decision-making body, which would replace the inter-committee meeting. The Committee favours the first option of establishing a working group of the inter-committee meeting. It believes that the inter-committee meeting should be maintained undiminished in its scope because it focuses not only on harmonization, but also discusses other matters of interest to the treaty bodies system. This working group could be mandated to make suggestions on harmonization of working methods to treaty bodies through the inter-committee meeting which should be maintained and its scope enhanced, if required.

Annex V

Submission of reports by States parties under article 73 of the Convention as at 27 April 2007

State party	Type of report	Date due	Received
Algeria	Initial	1 August 2006
Argentina	Initial	1 June 2008
Azerbaijan	Initial	1 July 2004
Belize	Initial	1 July 2004
Bolivia	Initial	1 July 2004	22 January 2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Initial	1 July 2004
Burkina Faso	Initial	1 March 2005
Cape Verde	Initial	1 July 2004
Chile	Initial	1 July 2006
Colombia	Initial	1 July 2004
Ecuador	Initial	1 July 2004	27 October 2006
Egypt	Second periodic	1 July 2009
El Salvador	Initial	1 July 2004	19 February 2007
Ghana	Initial	1 July 2004
Guatemala	Initial	1 July 2004
Guinea	Initial	1 July 2004
Honduras	Initial	1 December 2006
Kyrgyzstan	Initial	1 January 2005
Lesotho	Initial	1 January 2007
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Initial	1 October 2005
Mali	Second periodic	1 October 2009
Mauritania	Initial	1 May 2008
Mexico	Second periodic	1 July 2009
Morocco	Initial	1 July 2004
Nicaragua	Initial	1 February 2007
Peru	Initial	1 January 2007
Philippines	Initial	1 July 2004
Senegal	Initial	1 July 2004
Seychelles	Initial	1 July 2004
Sri Lanka	Initial	1 July 2004
Syrian Arab Republic	Initial	1 October 2006	21 November 2006
Tajikistan	Initial	1 July 2004
Timor-Leste	Initial	1 May 2005
Turkey	Initial	1 January 2006
Uganda	Initial	1 July 2004
Uruguay	Initial	1 July 2004

Annex VI

LIST OF DOCUMENTS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED IN CONNECTIONWITH THE FIFTH AND SIXTH SESSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

CMW/C/5/1Provisional agenda and annotations (fifth session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families)

CMW/C/SR.39-48Summary records of the fifth session of the Committee

CMW/C/6/1Provisional agenda and annotations (sixth session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families)

CMW/C/SR.49-58Summary records of the sixth session of the Committee

CMW/C/MEX/1Initial report of Mexico

CMW/C/MEX/1/QList of issues: Mexico

CMW/C/MEX/1/Q/Add.1Written replies from the Government of Mexico to the list of issues

CMW/C/MEX/CO/1Concluding observations of the Committee on the initial report by Mexico

CMW/C/EGY/1Initial report of Egypt

CMW/C/EGY/1/QList of issues: Egypt

CMW/C/EGY/1/Q/Add.1Written replies from the Government of Egypt to the list of issues

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1Concluding observations of the Committee on the initial report of Egypt

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