88 informed that normally, the secretariat will not be involved in the preparation of the visit, nor in its conduct, and that no administrative nor financial support will be made available for it. This will be applied, in particular, when visits take place before the consideration by the treaty body of the State party’s report. OHCHR may agree to provide support when the invitation to visit the country is made after the consideration of the report and when it is directed to following up on treaty body recommendations. 2. The treaty body experts invited are encouraged to seek the agreement of their colleagues on the purpose and the usefulness of the visit and to report in writing to them after the visit. It would be advisable to disclose whether expenses were covered by the country (or by an NGO), and whether an honorarium was paid in relation to any lecture, conference, etc., related to the visit. 3. If an invitation to visit the country of a reporting State party is sent to treaty body experts by NGOs, those experts are encouraged to inform the Government of that State party accordingly. 4. In all cases of invitation to visit a country of a reporting State party before its report is considered by the treaty body concerned, visiting experts are advised to refrain from press conferences and media relations so as not to run the risk of pre-empting the result of the consideration of the State party’s report.

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