party; for inquiries under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the information should indicate grave or systematic violations of the rights set forth in the Convention by a State party; 2. A committee first invites the State party to cooperate in the examination of the information by submitting observations; 3. A committee may, on the basis of the State party’s observations and other relevant information available to it, decide to designate one or more of its members to make a confidential inquiry and report to the committee urgently. The procedures under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities specifically authorize a visit to the territory of the State concerned, if warranted and with the State’s consent; visits are also envisaged by the procedure under the Convention against Torture; 4. The findings of the member(s) are then examined by the committee and transmitted to the State party together with any appropriate comments or suggestions/recommendations; 5. The procedures under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities set a six-month deadline for the State party to respond with its own observations on the Committee’s findings, comments and recommendations and to inform the Committee of the measures taken in response to the inquiry if the Committee invites it to do so; 6. A committee may decide, in consultation with the State party, to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its annual report. If the State party agrees, the full inquiry and the State party’s response may be made public; 7. The cooperation of the State party must be sought throughout the proceedings. F. Urgent action and urgent appeals to the General Assembly under the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance As briefly mentioned in chapter I, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance enables its Committee to take urgent action. Under article 30, the Committee may receive urgent 33