ANNEX VI* Amended rules of procedure The text of rules 17 and 84, amended by the Committee during its fifteenth session, reads as follows: "Position of Chairman in relation to the Committee "Rule 17 "1. The Chairman shall perform the functions conferred upon him by the Committee and by these rules of procedure. In exercising his functions as Chairman, the Chairman shall remain under the authority of the Committee. "2. Between sessions, at times when it is not possible or practical to convene a special session of the Committee in accordance with rule 3, the Chairman is authorized to take action to promote compliance with the Convention on the Committee’s behalf if he receives information which leads him to believe that it is necessary to do so. The Chairman shall report on the action taken to the Committee at its following session at the latest. "... "Summary account of the results of the proceedings "Rule 84 "1. After all the proceedings of the Committee regarding an inquiry made under article 20 of the Convention have been completed, the Committee may decide, after consultations with the State party concerned, to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its annual report made in accordance with article 24 of the Convention. "2. The Committee shall invite the State party concerned, through the Secretary-General, to inform the Committee directly or through its designated representative of its observations concerning the question of a possible publication of a summary account of the results of the proceedings relating to the inquiry, and may indicate a time-limit within which the observations of the State party should be communicated to the Committee. "3. If it decides to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings relating to an inquiry in its annual report, the Committee shall forward, through the Secretary-General, the text of the summary account to the State party concerned. * The Committee decided to postpone consideration of this item to its seventeenth session, in November 1996. -88-