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

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

(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.

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

At the same meeting the representative of Malaysia orally proposed amendments to the draft resolution, by which

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.

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

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.

United Nations and associated personnel deployed in such circumstances should unquestionably enjoy the protections of the Convention.

The Committee noted with concern that it had not yet received any reports from States parties under article 73 of the Convention.

Chapter IV Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention.

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention.

Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention

The Guidelines include the obligation of non refoulement under article 3 of the Convention.

One provisional agenda will be prepared for each subsidiary body, and will contain both Convention and Kyoto Protocol items.

Submission of reports under article 18 of the Convention