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Committee on the Rights of the Child

48th Session (19 May - 6 June 2008)

Provisional Agenda	E \| F \| S	Programme of work	E
Reporting Status	E \| F \| S	Report on the 48th session	A \| C \| E \| F \| R \| S

All observers of the Committee session require accreditation to the session. To obtain accreditation, please fill out the accreditation form (available in pdf and Word), sign and send it by fax to 0041-22-917 90 29, or by e-mail to dkirby@ohchr.org . In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by Monday, 12 May 2008, at the latest. Accreditation will enable participants to obtain a badge from the UN Security Unit, which will permit access to the conference room. The session will take place at Palais Wilson (ground floor conference room), 52 rue de Paquis, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

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

State Reports

Lists of Issues and Written Replies*

Delegation List & Statement

Concluding Observations

BULGARIA

Wed., 21 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1318
CRC/C/SR.1319

Second report

CRC/C/BGR/2

E | F | S

CRC/C/BGR/Q/2

E | F | S

CRC/C/BGR/Q/2/Add.1

E | S

List

Statement

CRC/C/BGR/CO/2

E | F | S

ERITREA

Monday, 2 June 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1334
CRC/C/SR.1335

2nd & 3rd Consolidated report

CRC/C/ERI/3

E | F | S

CRC/C/ERI/Q/3

E | F | S

CRC/C/ERI/Q/3/Add.1

E | F | S

List

Statement

CRC/C/ERI/CO/3

E | F | S

GEORGIA

Tuesday, 20 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1316
CRC/C/SR.1317

Third Periodic Report

CRC/C/GEO/3

E | F | R | S

CRC/C/GEO/Q/3

E | F | S | R

CRC/C/GEO/Q/3/Add.1

CRC/C/GEO/Q/3/Add.2

Additional information and annexes:
1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10 - Part 2

Final report

List and addendum

Statement

CRC/C/GEO/CO/3

E | F | S

SERBIA

Tuesday, 27 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1326
CRC/C/SR.1327

Initial Report

CRC/C/SRB/1

E | F | S

CRC/C/SRB/Q/1

E | F | S

CRC/C/SRB/Q/1/Add.1

E | F | S

List

Statement

CRC/C/SRB/CO/1

E | F | S

SIERRA LEONE

Thursday, 29 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1330
CRC/C/SR.1331

Second Periodic report

CRC/C/SLE/2

E | F | S

CRC/C/SLE/Q/2

E | F | S

CRC/C/SLE/Q/2/Add.1

E | F | S

List

Statement

CRC/C/SLE/CO/2

E | F | S

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

States examined

State Reports

Lists of Issues and Written Replies*

Delegation List & Statement

Concluding Observations

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Friday, 23 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1322
CRC/C/SR.1323

Initial Report

CRC/C/OPSC/KOR/1

E | F | S

CRC/C/OPSC/KOR/Q/1

E | F | S

CRC/C/OPSC/KOR/Q/1/Add.1

E | F | S

List

Statement

CRC/C/OPSC/KOR/CO/1

E | F | S

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thursday, 22 May 2008 am & pm

CRC/C/SR.1320
CRC/C/SR.1321

Initial Report

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/1

E | F | S

Annex

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/Q/1

E | F | S

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/Q/1/Add.1

E | F | S

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/Q/1/Add.2
Additional information

List

Statements
Opening and Final

CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/1

E | F | S

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

States examined	State Reports	Lists of Issues and Written Replies*	Delegation List & Statement	Concluding Observations
PHILIPPINES Friday, 30 May 2008 pm CRC/C/SR.1332 CRC/C/SR.1333	Initial Report CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/1 E \| F \| S	CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/Q/1 E \| F \| S CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/Q/1/Add.1 E \| F \| S and Annexes 1-2-3	List Statement	CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/CO/1 E \| F \| S
REPUBLIC OF KOREA Friday, 23 May 2008 am & pm CRC/C/SR.1322 CRC/C/SR.1323	Initial Report CRC/C/OPAC/KOR/1 E \| F \| S	CRC/C/OPAC/KOR/Q/1 E \| F \| S CRC/C/OPAC/KOR/Q/1/Add.1 E \| F \| S	List Statement	CRC/C/OPAC/KOR/CO/1 E \| F \| S
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Thursday,22 May 2008 am & pm CRC/C/SR.1320 CRC/C/SR.1321	Initial Report CRC/C/OPAC/USA/1 E \| F \| S	CRC/C/OPAC/USA/Q/1 E \| F \| S CRC/C/OPAC/USA/Q/1/Add.1 and Annexes 1-2-3-4 CRC/C/OPAC/USA/Q/1/Add.1/Rev.1 E \| F \| S	List Statements Opening and Final	CRC/C/OPAC/USA/CO/1 E \| F \| S

*E/OR: Written replies are available in English and/or the original language. The list of issues followed by an asterisk are available from the Secretariat.

** Additional statistical information that could not be included in the web version of the written replies is available from the Secretariat

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.

49th session pre-sessional working group (June 2008)

The pre-sessional working group of the Committee will draft lists of issues and questions for States parties whose reports will be considered at the 49th session in September/October 2008.

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