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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	C \| 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 pdavid@ohchr.org and rouko@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 pdavid@ohchr.org, as well as in 25 hard copies, by 6 October 2008 to:

Mr. Paulo David
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	Previous concluding observations	List of Issues and written replies	Information from other sources	Delegation lists and statements*	Concluding observations
PHILIPPINES	Tuesday, 11 November and Wednesday 12 November 2008, 39th, 40th and 41st meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.39 E/C.12/2008/SR.40 E/C.12/2008/SR.41	Second-Fourth Periodic Report E/C.12/PHL/4 A \| 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 C \| E \| F \| R \| S E/C.12/PHL/Q/4/Add.1 E	Centre for Reproductive Rights Letter - Report COHRE Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children OMCT IDMC Philippines Commission on Human Rights Philippines NGO Coalition FIAN ESCR-Asia	List Statement	E/C.12/PHL/CO/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
ANGOLA	Wednesday, 12 November and Thursday 13 November 2008, 42nd, 43rd and 44th meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.42 E/C.12/2008/SR.43 E/C.12/2008/SR.44	Initial-Third periodic report E/C.12/AGO/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/AGO/2008 A \| E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/AGO/CO/3 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/AGO/Q/3 C \| E \| F \| R \| S E/C.12/AGO/Q/3/Add.1 E \| F \| S	Center for Economic and Social Rights Relatorio da Sociedade Civil Angolana Amnesty International	List Statement	E/C.12/AGO/CO/3 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
KENYA	Thursday, 6 November and Friday 7 November 2008, 34th, 35th and 36th meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.33 E/C.12/2008/SR.34 E/C.12/2008/SR.35 E/C.12/2008/SR.36	Initial Periodic Report E/C.12/KEN/1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/… E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/KEN/CO/1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/KEN/Q/1 E \| F \| R \| S E/C.12/KEN/Q/1/Add.1 E \| F \| S	Center for Economic and Social Rights Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)/Hakijamii Trust Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights/Kenya Human Rights Network (K-Hurinet) and annex IPAS Africa Alliance Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Hakijamii Trust Ipas Africa Alliance Kenyan CS Coalition for ESCRs KHRC OMCT Center for Reproductive Rights/FIDA Kenya FIDA Kenya/International Women's Human Rights Clinic COHRE FIDH	List Statement	E/C.12/KEN/CO/1 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
NICARAGUA	Tuesday, 4 November and Wednesday 5 November 2008, 29th, 30th and 31st meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.29 E/C.12/2008/SR.30 E/C.12/2008/SR.31	Fourth Periodic Report E/C.12/NIC/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/NIC/2008 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/1993/14 E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/NIC/Q/4 C \| E \| F \| R \| S	Center for Reproductive Rights FIAN Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Ipas Central America E \| S Minority Rights Group International Coordinadora Diriangen, (Full report) and (Executive summary) Joint Report 1-2 Amnesty International Cover-Report PIDDHH	List Statement	E/C.12/NIC/CO/4 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S
UNMIK (document submitted by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo)	Monday, 10 November 2008, 37th and 38th meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.37 E/C.12/2008/SR.38	E/C.12/UNK/1 C \| E \| F \| R \| S	HRI/CORE/UNK/2007 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S	E \| F \| R \| S	E/C.12/UNK/Q/1 C \| E \| F \| R \| S E/C.12/UNK/Q/1/Add.1 C \| E \| F \| S	COHRE Kosova Women's Network Union Federation of IDP Associations (UNIJA) Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo (BSPK)	List Statement	E/C.12/UNK/CO/1 C \| E \| F \| R \| S
SWEDEN	Wednesday, 5 November and Thrusday 6 November 2008, 32nd and 33rd meetings E/C.12/2008/SR.32 E/C.12/2008/SR.33	Fifth Periodic report E/C.12/SWE/5 A \| C \| 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 E/C.12/SWE/Q/5/Add.1 E \| F \| S E/C.12/SWE/Q/5/Add.2 E \| F \| S	Swedish Disabilities Federation and Summary E - S Global initiative to end all corporal punishment of children Medicines Du Monde (MDM) and HIV-Sweden SDUU-IHRA	List Statement	E/C.12/SWE/CO/5 A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S

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