A/RES/50/170 Page 4 reducing the duplication of reporting required under the different instruments, without impairing the quality of reporting, and of generally reducing the reporting burden on Member States, including through: (a) Identifying where cross-referencing can be used in report writing; (b) Recommending, where appropriate, the designation of specific national administrative units to coordinate reports to all treaty bodies; (c) Establishing coordination between the treaty bodies and the International Labour Organization to identify overlap between their respective instruments and conventions; Considering the utility of single comprehensive reports and of (d) replacing periodic reports with specifically tailored reports and thematic reports; 8. Urges States parties to contribute, individually and through meetings of States parties, to identifying and implementing ways of further streamlining, rationalizing, avoiding duplication in and otherwise improving reporting procedures; 9. Encourages the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in accordance with his mandate, to request the independent expert to finalize his interim report on possible long-term approaches to enhancing the effective operation of the human rights treaty system 8/ in time for the final report to be considered by the Commission on Human Rights, as requested by the General Assembly in resolution 48/120 of 20 December 1993, at its fifty-second session; 10. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure, from within existing resources, that the revision of the United Nations Manual on Human Rights Reporting is completed as soon as possible, that the revised manual is available in all official languages at the earliest opportunity and that due regard is paid to the recommendations concerning the manual made by the fifth meeting of persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies; 11. Expresses concern about the increasing backlog of reports on implementation by States parties to United Nations instruments on human rights and about delays in consideration of reports by the treaty bodies, and again urges States parties to make every effort to meet their reporting obligations; 12. Invites States parties that have been unable to comply with the requirements to submit their initial report to avail themselves of technical assistance; 13. Encourages the efforts of the human rights treaty bodies to examine the progress made in achieving the fulfilment of human rights treaty undertakings by all States parties, without exception; 8/ A/CONF.157/PC/62/Add.11/Rev.1. /...