Expresses its concern at the fact that a great number of reports are overdue and continue to be overdue, in particular initial reports, which constitutes an obstacle to the full implementation of the Convention; strongly urges States parties to the Convention to accelerate their domestic ratification procedures with regard to the amendment to the Convention concerning the financing of the Committee and to notify the Secretary-General expeditiously in writing of their agreement to the amendment, as decided upon at the 14th Meeting of States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on 15 Jan. 1992, endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/111 and further reiterated at the 16th Meeting of States Parties on 16 Jan. 1996; urges States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention and to take into consideration the concluding observations at its 61st session, the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its 66th and 67th and its 68th and 69th sessions, the report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee and the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention.

Adopted without vote, 74th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.