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2. Encourages each treaty body to give careful consideration to the relevant conclusions and
recommendations contained in the report of the persons chairing the human rights treaty bodies;
3. Welcomes the submission to the Commission on Human Rights of the final report of the
independent expert on enhancing the long-term effectiveness of the United Nations human rights treaty
monitoring system7 and of the report of the Secretary-General containing the comments and observations of
Governments, United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations and
interested persons on the report of the independent expert, as well as his views on the legal, administrative
and other implications of the recommendations made in the report,8 taking into account further developments;
4. Invites the Secretary-General to continue to solicit the views of Governments, United Nations
bodies, the specialized agencies, non-governmental organizations and interested persons on the final report of
the independent expert and to submit a further report thereon, including his own views on the legal,
administrative and other implications of the recommendations made in the report, taking into account further
developments;
5. Encourages ongoing efforts to identify measures for more effective implementation of the United
Nations human rights instruments;
6. Emphasizes the need to ensure financing and adequate staff and information resources for the
operations of the human rights treaty bodies, and, with this in mind:
(a) Reiterates its request that the Secretary-General provide adequate resources in respect of each
human rights treaty body;
(b) Calls upon the Secretary-General to make the most efficient use of existing resources and to seek
the resources necessary to give the human rights treaty bodies adequate administrative support and better
access to technical expertise and relevant information;
(c) Also calls upon the Secretary-General to seek, in the next biennium, the resources within the United
Nations regular budget necessary to give the human rights treaty bodies adequate administrative support and
better access to technical expertise and relevant information without diverting resources from the
development programmes and activities of the United Nations;
7. Takes note with appreciation of the revised plan of action to strengthen the implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child9 and the plan of action to strengthen the implementation of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,10 recalls the importance of administering
those plans in accordance with established United Nations procedures, welcomes the information provided by
the Secretary-General on the implementation of those plans, and requests him to include in his report
prepared pursuant to the present resolution further information in this regard;
7
E/CN.4/1997/74, annex.
8
E/CN.4/1998/85 and Add.1 and Corr.1.
9
Resolution 44/25, annex.
10
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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