Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

43rd session (2-20 November 2009)

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 rouko@ohchr.org. In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by 16 October 2009, 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 smathews@ohchr.org, as well as in 25 hard copies, by 2 October 2009 to:

Secretary, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
1211 Geneva
Switzerland

The deadline will be strictly maintained so 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

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The initial to third report of Chad was scheduled for consideration by the Committee on 4 November (Afternoon) and 5 November (full day). Unfortunately the Committee was notified very late that the delegation of Chad would not be able to attend. The Committee assessed the situation and decided to consider the report in the absence of a delegation as per Rule 62(3) of the Rules of Procedures. This meeting was held on 5 November (morning).

The Committee is deeply concerned that the delegation did not attend the scheduled session, given the importance of this stage of the reporting process. As a result both the Commitee and the State party missed an opportunity to carry out a constructive dialogue, which is fundamental to objectively evaluating the implementation of the state obligations undertaken in the Covenant.

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
REPUBLIC OF KOREA	Tuesday, 10 and Wednesday 11 November 09 Mtgs. No. 42, 43 & 44	Third Periodic report E/C.12/KOR/3 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.125 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/1/Add.59 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/KOR/Q/3 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/KOR/Q/3/Add.1 C | E | S	Joint Korean NGOs NHRCK	List Statement Closing remarks	E/C.12/KOR/CO/3 E | F | R | S E/C.12/KOR/CO/3/Add.1 E
POLAND	Friday, 6 November 09 Mtgs. No. 37 & 38	Fifth Periodic report E/C.12/POL/5 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/POL/2009 E | F | R | S | C	E/C.12/1/Add.82 E | F | R | S	E/C.12/POL/Q/5 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/POL/Q/5/Add.1 C | E | S	Federation for Women and Family Planning Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program and the International Harm Reduction Association	List Statement	E/C.12/POL/CO/5 E | F | R | S
CHAD	Wednesday 4, pm and Thursday 5 November 09 Mtgs 34, 35 & 36	Initial-third Periodic report E/C.12/TCD/3 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.88 E | F | R | S		E/C.12/TCD/Q/3/Rev.1 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/TCD/Q/3/Add.1 C | E | F | S		List Statement	E/C.12/TCD/CO/3 E | F | R | S
MADAGASCAR	Monday, 9 and Tuesday 10 November 09 Mtgs. No.  39, 40 & 41	Second Periodic report E/C.12/MDG/2 C | E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/1/Add.31/Rev.1 E | F | R | S		E/C.12/MDG/Q/2 C | E | F | R | S E/C.12/MDG/Q/2/Add.1 E | F | S		List Statement	E/C.12/MDG/CO/2 E | F | R | S
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	Tuesday,3 and Wednesday 4, am November 09 Mtgs 31,32 & 33	Second-fifth Periodic report E/C.12/COD/5 E | F | R | S	HRI/CORE/ E | F | R | S		E./C.12/COD/Q/5 E | F | R | S | C E./C.12/COD/Q/5/Add.1 C | E | F | S E/C.12/COD/Q/5/Add.1/Corr.1 F	International Commission of Jurists FIDH/OMCT 1-2 COPACO Confédération Paysanne du Congo Franciscans International	List Statement	E/C.12/COD/CO/4 E | F | R | S

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