It is not clear, however, whether matrimonial property contracts under this Convention would be covered by the E Contracting Convention.

Scientific and Technological Advice

m The Convention only applies with regard to Malta with respect to arbitration agreements concluded after the date of Malta's accession to the Convention.

Legislation will be drafted to implement the obligations under this Convention.

For instance, the commentary should confirm that consumer to consumer contracts were excluded from the scope of the draft convention under draft article 2, paragraph 1 (a).

At the second meeting, the SBSTA adopted the agenda as amended as follows

The draft Convention is limited to contracts between businesses. No consumers are involved.

(f) To prepare reports on the execution of its functions under this Convention and present them to the Conference of the PartiesCOP and

This Convention shall not alter the rights and obligations of States Parties which arise from other agreements compatible with this Convention and which do not affect the enjoyment by other States Parties of their rights or the performance of their obligations under this Convention.

Consideration of reports

Some of these activities have already been undertaken under the Convention and will continue as such.

Article 33 National implementation and monitoring

The present Convention shall not alter the rights and obligations of the States Parties which arise from other agreements compatible with the present Convention and which do not affect the enjoyment by other States Parties of their rights or the performance of their obligations under the present Convention.

DECISIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONVENTION

to sustain and strengthen the effectiveness of their cooperation under the Convention and

Hence, Ireland had not breached its obligations under the Convention.

Nothing in the present Convention shall affect the rights and obligations of States Parties under existing international agreements which relate to matters dealt with in the present Convention as between the parties to those agreements.

A special regime with regard to German external assets and other property seized in connection with the Second World War was created under the Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation (chapter six), which was signed in 1952 at Bonn.

The earliest possible adoption within the UN of the draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism would be a crucial step in this direction.

Reiterating the importance of the Convention, which is one of the most widely accepted human rights instruments adopted under the auspices of the United Nations,

Provision of assistance to Parties in meeting their obligations under the Convention

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

Transmission of information to the Committee

Article 36 Consideration of reports

(e) Any item proposed by the Secretary General relating to his functions under the Convention or these Rules.

1. A Conference of the Parties to the Convention is hereby established to improve the capacity of States Parties to combat transnational organized crime and to promote and review the implementation of this Convention.

These activities focus on three main objectives mobilization of resources for the core activities under the Convention, broadening the funding base for implementation of the Convention and information systems, knowledge sharing and communication strategy.

Conflict parties also need to be prepared to return to the negotiation table if the agreement implementation stalls.

Note

Follow up to Opinions adopted by the Committee under article 14 of the Convention In the past, the Committee has only informally monitored whether, how or the extent to which States parties have implemented its recommendations in Opinions in which the Committee found violations of the Convention.

Consideration of communications under article 14 of the Convention.

Consideration of reports 26 526 10

This emphasizes the need for countries to fulfill their reporting obligations under the Convention.

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

Under article 22 of the Convention, individuals who claim to be victims of a violation by a State party of the provisions of the Convention may submit a complaint to the Committee against Torture for consideration, subject to the conditions laid down in that article.

1. The present Convention is without prejudice to the privileges and immunities enjoyed by a State under international law in relation to the exercise of the functions of

Reiterating also the importance of the Convention, which is one of the most widely accepted human rights instruments adopted under the auspices of the United Nations,

Another key priority in our efforts to fight terrorism is to continue the effort to stop the use of false documents. We firmly believe and have stated repeatedly that the misuse of fraudulent travel documents constitutes a major risk to international security.

For the purposes of the present Convention

Scope of the present Convention

Assignment of receivables

For the purposes of this Convention

Article 1 Scope of the present Convention

We urge that these initiatives be sustained through, inter alia, increased voluntary contributions to the trust funds established under the Convention.

The present document reports on actual income and expenditures of all Convention funds for the biennium as at 30 June 2005.