Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

113 th session

5–23 August 2024

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

Adoption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.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.Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 (1) of the Convention.

6.Consideration of communications submitted under article 11 of the Convention.

7.Consideration of communications submitted under article 14 of the Convention.

8.Follow-up procedure.

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

10.Adoption of the annual report for submission to the General Assembly.

Annotations

1.Adoption of the agenda

In accordance with rule 6 of the Committee’s 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 is to 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.

2.Organizational and other matters

The 113th session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 5 to 23 August 2024. The first meeting of the session will be convened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 5 August 2024.

The Committee will have before it its programme of work for the 113th session.

3.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 a standing agenda item. 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.

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

The Committee will consider the periodic reports received from Belarus (CERD/C/BLR/24-25), Bosnia and Herzegovina (CERD/C/BIH/14-15), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (CERD/C/IRN/20-27), Iraq (CERD/C/IRQ/26-27), Pakistan (CERD/C/PAK/24-26), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (CERD/C/GBR/24-26) and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (CERD/C/VEN/22-24). In accordance with established practice and in conformity with rule 64 of the Committee’s 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 the reports submitted is set out in the annex to the present document.

5.Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 (1) of the Convention

The Committee will have before it a note by the Secretary-General concerning the status of submission of reports by States parties under article 9 (1) of the Convention (CERD/C/113/2). Table 1 in that document contains a list of the reports received from States parties that are pending consideration by the Committee. Table 2 therein contains information relating to overdue reports.

6.Consideration of communications submitted under article 11 of the Convention

The Committee will pursue its consideration of communications submitted under article 11 of the Convention.

7.Consideration of communications submitted 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 will be closed.

8.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.

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

The Committee will discuss activities in follow-up 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.

10.Adoption of the annual report for submission to the General Assembly

The Committee will adopt its annual report to the General Assembly, for consideration by the Assembly at its seventy-ninth session.

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 112th session.

Day	Number and time of meeting	State party
Tuesday6 August 2024	3081st 3–6 p.m.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Wednesday7 August 2024	3082nd 10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (continued)
Wednesday7 August 2024	3083rd3–6 p.m.	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Thursday8 August 2024	3084th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Iran (Islamic Republic of) (continued)
Thursday8 August 2024	3085th3–6 p.m.	Pakistan
Friday9 August 2024	3086th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Pakistan (continued)
Monday12 August 2024	3089th3–6 p.m.	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday13 August 2024	3090th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Bosnia and Herzegovina(continued)
Tuesday13 August 2024	3091st3–6 p.m.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Wednesday14 August 2024	3092nd10 a.m.–1 p.m.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (continued)
Wednesday14 August 2024	3093rd3–6 p.m.	Belarus
Thursday15 August 2024	3094th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Belarus(continued)
Thursday15 August 2024	3095th3–6 p.m.	Iraq
Friday16 August 2024	3096th10 a.m.–1 p.m.	Iraq (continued)