United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Sessional/Annual Report of Committee - Committee as its observer in the inter-sessional open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights elaborating the protocol, informed the Committee on the progress made by the working group at its fifth session, held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 14 to 25 October 1996. II. ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION A. Annual report submitted by the Committee under article 24 of the Convention 12. At its 290th and 298th meetings, held on 2 and 9 May 1997, the Committee considered its agenda item on action by the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. 13. The Committee took note of General Assembly resolution 51/86 of 12 December 1996 and Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/38 of 11 April 1997. The Committee welcomed, in particular, the request of the Commission on Human Rights to the General Assembly to proclaim 26 June 1998 a United Nations international day in support of the victims of torture within the framework of the preparation of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. B. Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights 14. At its seventeenth session, the Committee had before it the report of the seventh meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies (A/51/482, annex). At the 280th meeting, held on 22 November 1997, the Chairman of the Committee, who had participated in that meeting, drew the attention of the Committee members to the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report. 15. At its eighteenth session, the Committee had before it General Assembly resolution 51/87 of 12 December 1996 and Commission on Human Rights decision 1997/105 of 3 April 1997. 16. The Committee took note of the report and the resolutions. III. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION Action taken by the Committee to ensure the submission of reports 17. At its 262nd and 281st meetings, held on 11 November 1996 and 28 April 1997, the Committee considered the status of submission of reports under article 19 of the Convention. The Committee had before it the following documents: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/de75e94f920bd0a0802565a600537744?Opendocument (6 of 109)16/10/2006 9:54:12 AM