During the period covered by the present report 20 reports were submitted to the Secretary General.

Under the Kyoto Protocol, Annex I Parties are required to submit supplementary information with the annual inventory relating to assigned amount, and implementation of Article 3.14.

Submission of reports by States parties under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

Argentina 29 35 12

Submission of reports under article 18 of the Convention 110 49.

Reporting to treaty bodies and full implementation of their recommendations

Cooperation with other United Nations bodies

The Committee also continues to place emphasis on the submission of reports from Member States.

Submission of reports by States parties under article 7 of the Convention as at 29 April 2005

Reporting

Specific criterion (iii) The extent to which major groups have been encouraged to participate in developing voluntary reports

Submission of reports by States parties under article 73 of the Convention as at 29 April 2005

From January 2004, States parties began submitting reports required under the Convention's Optional Protocols.

(i) Exhaustion of domestic remedies This criterion requires that an author of a communication must have exhausted all available domestic remedies before bringing a communication under the international procedure.

Reporting

Submission of national reports

Submission of reports

Introduction of reports

(ii) Identification and quantification of releases

At each session, the Secretary General shall notify the Committee of all cases of non submission of reports under rule 58 of these rules.

Submission of information, documentation and written statements by other bodies 27

List of Abbreviations

Reporting schedule

Non reporting

General comments 22

Approval of and modification by the Council 24

Conciliation Commission 49

CONTENTS (continued)

Submission of reports 201 32 33.

125. We resolve to improve the effectiveness of the human rights treaty bodies, including through more timely reporting, improved and streamlined reporting procedures and technical assistance to States to enhance their reporting capacities and further enhance the implementation of their recommendations.

The Committee may wish to look further at why some States have not reported.

CONTENTS (continued)

Rule Page

Non submission of reports 186 68.

Consideration of reports

Resolution 1455 (2003) reports

10. Reporting to the General Assembly

Submission of reports 16 25 8

Vendor performance reporting

General provisions regarding the consideration of communications by the Committee or its subsidiary bodies

In this regard, regular and timely reporting by States parties is crucial.

While the focus of resolution 1373 reports is different from that of resolution 1455 reports, they reveal much about a State's capacity to implement the measures.

The project Capacity building for sustained human rights treaty reporting in Afghanistan was officially launched in Kabul on 27 November 2005.

In most situations, the result would be the same as under the Model Law despite the fact that the criterion was different.

In that context, her Division continued to provide technical assistance to enhance the capacity of States parties to prepare reports under article 18 of the Convention.