REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part I — Manual The common procedure for the dialogue is as follows: 1. introduction of the State delegation by the head of the delegation; 2. opening statement by the head of delegation (10-30 minutes); 3. constructive dialogue between the Committee and the Delegation; 4. closing remarks by the head of delegation (up to 10 minutes). The dialogue is conducted in the three official working languages of the Treaty Body concerned (English, French, Spanish), a fourth official language being permitted on an exceptional basis, as determined by the committee concerned and without prejudice to the right of each State party to interact with the Treaty Bodies in any of the six official United Nations languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). A State party may bring its own interpreters to interpret into a language other than one of the official languages provided that it informs the Secretariat at least four weeks prior to the constructive dialogue. To facilitate more informed discussions and wider participation of the State party in the dialogue, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights provides, with the assistance of the United Nations country team and at the request of the State party, an opportunity for part of its official delegation to participate in the constructive dialogue via video-conference (VTC) from the capital of the country. State parties should contact the Secretariat of the Treaty Body concerned if they wish to avail themselves of this opportunity, which may or may not be granted by the Treaty Body.36 As a very exceptional measure, in 2013 some constructive dialogues were entirely held by videoconference (for example by the CRC with Pacific Island States)37. The dialogue took a half-day and interpretation was provided. d) Guidance for State parties To assist State parties in their preparation for the face-to-face dialogue between their representatives and a Treaty Body, the Treaty Bodies have adopted a Guidance note for State parties on the constructive dialogue with the human rights bodies, available at: https://goo.gl/efnuPi. Additionally, the Secretariats of the Treaty Bodies conduct technical briefings for the respective Permanent Missions in Geneva prior to each Treaty Body session to provide any further information that may be required by State parties prior to the constructive dialogue. iv. Concluding observations Based on its dialogue with the State party and on information it has received from the State party and other sources  – which assists it in conducting a well-informed country review  – the Treaty Body adopts concluding observations which relate both to positive aspects of a State party’s implementation of a treaty and also to areas of concern on which the Treaty Body makes recommendations on further action to be taken by the State party. 36 See General Assembly resolution, A/RES/68/268, para. 23. 54 37 Consideration of the initial reports of Niue and Tuvalu was held by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on 22 January and on 20 September 2013, respectively.