and for the United Nations Secretariat to provide secretariat support for the treaty bodies; (2) the treaty bodies are funded through the United Nations budget; and (3) each treaty requires its treaty body1 to report to the General Assembly, in some cases through ECOSOC, on its activities. (1) Secretariat In accordance with the terms of each treaty, the Secretary-General of the United Nations is requested to provide secretariat support to the treaty bodies. The Secretary-General has assigned this responsibility to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The secretariats of the treaty bodies are each based in Geneva where the treaty bodies hold most of their sessions. Treaty body secretaries and staff members work within OHCHR’s Human Rights Treaties Division (HRTD). Two treaty bodies – the Human Rights Committee and CEDAW – hold one session annually in New York in addition to their Geneva sessions. All other treaty bodies meet exclusively in Geneva. (2) Budget Funding for the activities of the treaty bodies in accordance with the mandates set out in their treaties is provided on the basis of resolutions of the General Assembly in the context of the regular United Nations budget. In most cases, this is provided for implicitly in the treaties themselves in the provisions which require the SecretaryGeneral to provide support to the treaty bodies. However, in the case of CERD and CAT, the original arrangement was for these committees to be funded by voluntary contributions from States Parties under the 1  nder the terms of OPCAT, the SPT reports publicly each year to the Committee against Torture. The Chairperson of the U SPT is invited to interact with the Third Committee of the General Assembly each year along with the Chairperson of the Committee against Torture. 06