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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Sessions

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination convenes twice a year for sessions of three weeks' duration, normally in February and August at the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Note: Schedules are subject to change without notice

No.	Dates	State Reports
	Future sessions	New Zealand, Russian Federation
81	6-31 August 2012	Austria, Belize, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, Liechtenstein, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Tajikistan, Thailand
80	13 February to 9 March 2012	Canada, Italy, Israel, Jordan Kuwait, Laos, Mexico, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal, Turkmenistan and Viet Nam
79	8 August - 2 September 2011	Albania, Czech Republic, Georgia, Kenya, Maldives, Malta, Paraguay, Ukraine and United Kingdom
78	14 February - 11 March 2011	Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Uruguay and Yemen
77	2 - 27 August 2010	Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Islamic Republic of Iran, Morocco, Romania, Slovenia and Uzbekistan
76	15 February - 12 March 2010	Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Monaco, Netherlands, Panama, Slovakia
75	3 - 28 August 2009	Chad, Poland, Colombia, Azerbaijan, Chile, China, Greece, Philippines, Ethiopia, Peru, United Arab Emirates Maldives* Kuwait*
74	16 February - 6 March 2009	Bulgaria, Congo, Croatia, Finland, Montenegro, Pakistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Suriname, Gambia*
73	28 July - 15 August 2008	Ecuador, Switzerland, Sweden, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Togo, Namibia, Russian Federation, Belize, Peru
72	18 February - 7 March 2008	Belgium, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Republic of Fiji Islands, Republic of Moldova, Italy, United States of America, Bulgaria, Gambia, Monaco, Panama, United Arab Emirates*
71	30 July - 17 August 2007	Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Pakistan, Togo
70	19 February - 9 March 2007	Israel, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Liechtenstein,The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea Togo*
69	31 July - 18 August 2006	Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Malawi, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Saint Lucia, Seychelles*, South Africa, Ukraine, Yemen
68	20 February - 10 March 2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Lithuania, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea
67	1- 19 August 2005	Barbados, Georgia, Iceland, Lithuania, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Zambia
66	21 February - 11 March 2005	Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, France, Ireland, Lao PDR, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea*
65	2 - 20 August 2004	Argentina, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mauritania, Portugal, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Zambia, Mexico, Mozambique
64	23 February - 12 March 2004	Bahamas, Brazil, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Barbados, Guyana, Madagascar, St. Lucia, Tanzania, Venezuela
63	4-22 August 2003	Albania, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Czech Republic, Finland, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Latvia, Lao PDR, Norway, Republic of Korea, St Vincent and the Grenadines, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malawi
62	3-21 March 2003	Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Fiji, Ghana, Morocco, Poland, Russia Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Uganda, Guyana, Papua New Guinea
61	5-22 August 2002	Armenia, Botswana, Canada, Estonia, Fiji*, Hungary, Mali, New Zealand, Senegal, Yemen
60	4-22 March 2002	Albania, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkmenistan*
59	30 July-17 August 2001	China (including Hong Kong & Macau SARs) Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Liberia, Mali, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States of America, Viet Nam
58	5-23 March 2001	Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo*
57	31 July-25 August 2000	Czech Republic, Finland, Ghana, Holy See, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom(Overseas territories), Uzbekistan
56	6-24 March 2000
55	2-27 August 1999
54	1-19 March 1999
53	3-21 August 1998
52	2-20 March 1998
51	4-22 August 1997
50	3-21 March 1997
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48
47
46
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* Review procedure: consideration of country situation in the absence of a State report

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