Recommends that the States parties review the working situation of the Committee and its capacity to fulfil its mandate more effectively, and in this context consider the possibility of amending article 20 of the Convention so as to allow for sufficient meeting time for the Committee; requests the States parties to meet in 1995 in order to consider the review of article 20 of the Convention; invites States parties to the Convention to make all possible efforts to submit their initial as well as their 2nd and subsequent periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention; supports the request of the Committee at its 12th and 13th sessions for additional meeting time, with adequate support from the Secretariat, so as to allow for the Committee to meet once a year for 3 weeks for its 14th and 15th sessions; decides that, at its 51st session, it will review once again whether the backlog of the Committee in considering reports has been reduced.

Adopted without vote, 94th meeting

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Adopted at the 94th plenary meeting, 23 Dec. 1994.