REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part I — Manual UN Inter-Agency Support Group (IASG) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Comprising of over 30 UN agencies, the IASG interacts regularly with the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to advance implementation of the CRPD, for example by providing the Committee with expert advice on thematic issues such as the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action (art. 11). Their interaction is also related to inclusion of the disability-rights agenda in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The engagement of the IASG with the CRPD is reflected in an annual public statement to the Committee on the efforts taken by the group towards realization of the rights of the persons with disabilities on the ground as well as through discussions on ways of strengthening this involvement during the IASG annual meetings.50 UNCT coordination on CEDAW In the case of the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, a well-established Inter-agency group on CEDAW reporting led at the Headquarters level by UN Women and composed by UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP and FAO coordinates submissions by the UNCTs to the CEDAW Committee on countries for its consideration.51 50 51 50 See, for example: CRPD 17th session, Opening Statement of the UN Inter-agency Support Group to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 20 March 2017, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1. aspx?SessionID=1141&Lang=en 66 51 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Summary record of the 1499th meeting, held at Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Friday, 3 March 2017, at 3 p.m., CEDAW/C/SR.1499, para. 11; and, CEDAW, 66th session closing Remarks by CEDAW Chair, Ms. Dalia Leinarte, available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1. aspx?SessionID=1071&Lang=en