International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Working Group agreed that denunciation should take effect six months after the date of receipt of notification of denunciation by the Secretary-General. Articles 23 and 24 73. Delegations agreed with articles 23 and 24 of document E/CN.6/1997/WG/L.1 ad referendum. Resources 74. The Working Group was aware that the entry into force of the optional protocol would have resource implications. It agreed to defer consideration of the matter until the content of the protocol became clearer and there was a basis for a more informed discussion of the matter. Comments of a member of the Human Rights Committee 75. The Working Group was assisted by the comments of Ms. Elizabeth Evatt, a member of the Human Rights Committee, who described aspects of the work of that Committee in the context of the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. She indicated that the procedure provided by the first Optional Protocol did not entitle the Human Rights Committee to pronounce on the domestic law of a country but rather allowed it to determine whether the State party’s law and practices were in compliance with its international obligations which had become binding on it because of ratification of or accession to a treaty. She noted that the Human Rights Committee’s practice of requesting interim measures had been respected by most States parties. She also noted that very few communications received by the Committee had been ruled inadmissible on the grounds of being frivolous or vexatious. She indicated that the Committee drew a distinction between situations in which domestic remedies were available but their application had been unreasonably prolonged and situations in which domestic remedies were essentially unavailable. 97-14492 (E) 250697 -108-