-3- [18 June 2001] CONTENTS Paragraphs I. ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS .................... 1 - 15 7 A. States parties to the Convention ....................................... 1-2 7 B. Opening and duration of the sessions ............................... 3-4 7 C. Membership and attendance ............................................. 5-6 7 D. Officers ............................................................................. 7 8 E. Agendas ............................................................................ 8-9 8 F. Question of a draft optional protocol to the Convention ....................................................................... 10 9 Cooperation between the Committee and the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture ................................................. 11 9 Contribution to the preparations for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance ................................ 12 9 Methods of work of the Committee: decision to establish a pre-sessional working group ........................... 13 - 15 10 ACTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION ........................................................... 16 - 20 10 Annual report submitted by the Committee against Torture under article 24 of the Convention ...................... 17 10 Effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, including reporting obligations under international instruments on human rights ....................... 18 - 20 10 G. H. I. II. Page A. B. GE.01-43626 (E)

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