(3) Reporting to the General Assembly
Each of the treaties provides for its treaty body to transmit an annual report,
through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly of the United
Nations. The document symbols for these reports have the following reserved numbers each year:
CERD A/session
CCPR A/session
CEDAW A/session
CAT A/session
CRC A/session
CMW A/session
CRPD A/session
CED A/session
number/18
number/40
number/38
number/44
number/41
number/48
number/55
number/271
CESCR, as an ECOSOC functional committee, reports to the Economic and Social
Council only.
In the context of consideration of these reports by the General Assembly, the Third
Committee invites the chairpersons of the treaty bodies to present their reports to
the General Assembly. Since the 67th session, all treaty body chairs have had the
opportunity to attend the Third Committee and engage in an interactive dialogue
with delegates.
Matters related to the human rights treaties, including the treaty bodies and their
resource requirements, are dealt with in a series of treaty specific resolutions before
the General Assembly. There is currently no uniformity in the treatment of the human
rights treaties by the Third Committee:
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