II. EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING REPORTING OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifteenth session 13. At the 240th meeting, on 22 November 1995, the Chairman of the Committee, who had participated in the sixth meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies, held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 18 to 22 September 1995, provided information on the conclusions and recommendations of that meeting. Sixteenth session 14. The Committee had before it the report of the sixth meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies (A/50/505, annex), General Assembly resolution 50/170 of 22 December 1995, Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/22, the report of the Fourth World Conference on Women (A/CONF.177/20) as well as an informal note by the Secretariat on the implications for the Committee’s methods of work of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and of the recommendations concerning gender issues adopted by the persons chairing human rights treaty bodies at their sixth meeting. 15. At its 261st meeting, on 10 May 1996, the Committee took note of the abovementioned documents and resolutions. 16. In addition, in accordance with the relevant decisions adopted by the Committee at its sixth session, at the 260th meeting, on 9 May 1996, Mr. Sorensen reported on the activities of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 17. The Committee agreed that Mr. Burns, Ms. Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas and Mr. Sorensen would continue to follow, respectively, the activities of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Committee also designated Mr. Camara and Mr. Pikis to follow, respectively, the activities of the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. -4-