text: Israel Fifthreport 2February 1988 Nepal Ninthreport 1March1988 Madagascar Tenthreport 8March1988 P-Iexico Seventh report 22March1988 Bangladesh Fifthreport 11July1988 France Ninthreport 28August 1988 Australia Seventh report 30October 1988 Chile Ninthreport 20November 1988 Netherlands Ninthreport 9January 1989 China Fourthreport ~8January 1989 -15··Table2(continued) Dateonwhichthe Numbeluf Stateparty Typeofreport rdportwasdue reminders sent Italy Seventh report 4February 1989 Iraq Tenthreport 15February 1'.,;89 Algeria Ninthreport 15March1989 Cuha Ninthreport 16March1989 Tonga Ninthreport 17March1989 Seychelles Sixthreport 6April1989 Senegal Ninthreport 18May1989 Maldives Thirdreport 28May1989 Luxlimbourg Sixthreport 1June1989 Austria Ninthreport 8June1989 Ethiopia Seventh report 25July1989 Congo Initial report 10August 1989 -16-3.ActiontakenbytheCommittee~ensure submission ofreports byStatesparties 34.Atits859thmeeting, theCommittee reviewed thequestion ofdelays and non-submission ofreports byStates part~es inaccordance wit~theirobligations underarticle 9oftheConvention. 35.TheCommittee decided todrawtheurgentattention oftheGeneral Assembly to thelistofoverdue reports contained intable2above,requesting ittotake appropriate measures andtourgetheStatesparties concerned tosubmittheir overdue reports asrequired underarticle 9oftheConvention &ssoonaspossible. 36.TheCommittea further decided torequest theUnder-Secretary-General forHumaq Rights, duringhispersonal contacts inGeneva andatHeadquarters withthe Permanent Representatives oftheStatesparties concerned, tobringtotheir attention theproblem ofoverdue reports andtourgethemtointervene personally withtheirrespective governmental authorities andtoensuresubmission oftheir overdue reports. 31.TheCommittee alsoauthorized itsChairman toaddress personal letters, on behalfoftheCommittee, totheMinisters ofForeign Affairs ofStatesparties to which10ormorereminders havesofarbeenaddressed andtourgethemtosubmit theiroverdue reports assoonaspossible. 38.TheCommittee further decided torequest ~heSecretary-General, inaccordance withrule66,paragraph 1,ofitsrulesofprocedure, tocontinue sending appropriate reminders toStatesparties fromwhichtwoormorereports weredue beforetheclosing dateofitsthirty-seventh session buthadnotbeenreceived, askingthemtosubmittheirreporto byjlDecember 1989.TheCommittee agreedthat thereminders tobesentbytheSecretary-General shouldindicate thatalltheir overdue reports couldbesubmitted inoneconsolidated document bytheproposed date.ItalsoagreedthatthoseStatesparties whichhadfulfilled theirreporting obligations, shouldberequested tosubmitfurther comprehensive reports onevery secondoccasion whenthereports weredue,i.e.everyfouryears,andtosubmit briefupdating reports oneachintervening occasion whenthereports weredueunder theConvention. Statesparties whosereports areoverdue arelistedintable2 above. 39.Inthisconnection, theCommittee wishedtoreca'lonceagainthatrule66of itsrulesofprocedure provides that: "1.Ateachsession, theSecretary-General shallnotifytheCommitt.e of allcasesofnon-receipt ofreports oradditional information, asthecasemay be,provided forunder arti~le 9oftheConvention. TheCommittee, insuch cases,maytransmit totheStateparty con~erned, through the Secretary-General, areminder concerning theRubmission ofthereportor additional information. "2.Ifevenafter th~reminder, referred toinparagraph 1ofthisrule, theStatepartydoesnotsubmitthereportoradditional information required underarticle 9oftheConvention, theCommittee shallinclude areference to thiseffectinitsannualreporttotheGeneral Assembly." -11-Inaccordance withparagraph 2ofrule66,theCommittee wishestodrawthe attention oftheGeneral Assembly totherelevant information contained intable2 above, aswellastotheactiontakenbytheCommittee toensuresubmission of Ireports byStatesparties. 40.TheCommittee wishedtorepeatonceagainastatement thatitmadeatits
analysis: This text appears to be a report from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, discussing the submission of reports by States parties under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The text mentions the due dates of reports, reminders sent to States parties, and the actions taken by the Committee to ensure submission of reports.