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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

41st session (3 - 21 November 2008)

Provisional Agenda and Annotations and Tentative Programme of Work	E \| F \| R \| S
Note by the Secretary-General on the States Parties to the covenant and the status of submission of reports	E \| F \| R \| S

All participants in Committee sessions will require accreditation to the session to have access to the conference venue, except individuals who are already in possession of UN badges. To obtain accreditation, please fill out the accreditation form(available in pdf and Word), sign and send it by fax to 0041-22-917 9029, or by e-mail to aquist@ohchr.org, copied to wlee@ohchr.org. In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by 15 October 2008, at the latest. Accreditation will enable participants to obtain a badge from the UN Security Unit. The conference will take place at Palais Wilson (ground floor conference room), 52 rue de Paquis, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

Organizations wishing to submit information for the Committee with respect to the States parties listed below are welcome to do so. Submissions will be treated as public documents unless specifically marked "Confidential". They should be sent electronically to wlee@ohchr.org, as well as in 25 hard copies, by 6 October 2008 to:

Ms. Wan-Hea Lee
Secretary, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

Organizations intending to submit information are kindly requested to inform the secretariat in advance.

Consideration of State Reports

The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session:

Note: Schedules are subject to change at short notice

States examined	Timetable	State Reports	Core document	Concluding observations	List of Issues and written replies	Information from other sources	Delegation lists and statements*
PHILIPPINES	Yet to be scheduled	Initial-Fourth Periodic report E/C.12/PHL/4 E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.37 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/1995/7 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/PHL/Q/4 E \| F \| R \| S		List Statement
ANGOLA	Yet to be scheduled	Initial-Third periodic report E/C.12/AGO/3 E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/AGO/2008 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/AGO/CO/3 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/AGO/Q/3 E \| F \| R \| S	Relatorio da Sociedade Civil Angolana	List Statement
KENYA	Yet to be scheduled	Initial Periodic Report E/C.12/KEN/1 E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/… E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/KEN/CO/1 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/KEN/Q/1 E \| F \| R \| S		List Statement
NICARAGUA	Yet to be scheduled	Fourth Periodic Report E/C.12/NIC/4 E \| F \| R \| S	n.a. E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/1993/14 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/NIC/Q/4 E \| F \| R \| S		List Statement
SERBIA (on KOSOVO, submitted by the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK))	Yet to be scheduled	E/C.12/UNK/1 E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/UNK/2007 E \| F \| R \| S	E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/UNK/Q/1 C \| E \| F \| R \| S		List Statement
SWEDEN	Yet to be scheduled	Fifth Periodic report E/C.12/SWE/5 E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.4/Rev.1 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/1/Add.70 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/SWE/Q/5 C \| E \| F \| R \| S		List Statement

* Available in English and/or the original language.

Please note that E l F l S l A l C l R refer to the availability of documents in the official United Nations languages, which are English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

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