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take into account the provisions of the Declaration and to modify its working
methods, if necessary;
10. Recalls the importance of the Working Group, the primary role of which
is, as described in its reports, to act as a channel of communication between the
families of disappeared persons and the Governments concerned, with a view to
ensuring that sufficiently documented and clearly identified individual cases are
investigated, and to ascertain whether such information falls under its mandate and
contains the required elements, and invites the Group to continue to seek the views
and comments of all concerned, including Member States, in preparing its reports;
11. Invites the Working Group to identify obstacles to the realization of the
provisions of the Declaration, to recommend ways of overcoming those obstacles
and, in this regard, to continue a dialogue with Governments and relevant
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
12. Encourages the Working Group to continue to consider the question of
impunity, in the light of the relevant provisions of the Declaration and of the final
reports submitted by the special rapporteurs 7 appointed by the Subcommission;
13. Requests the Working Group to pay the utmost attention to cases of
children subjected to enforced disappearance and children of disappeared persons
and to cooperate closely with the Governments concerned to search for and identify
those children;
14. Appeals to the Governments concerned, in particular those which have
not yet replied to the communications transmitted by the Working Group, to
cooperate fully with it and, in particular, to reply promptly to its requests for
information so that, while respecting its working methods based on discretion, it
may perform its strictly humanitarian role;
15. Encourages the Governments concerned to give serious consideration to
inviting the Working Group to visit their countries so as to enable the Group to fulfil
its mandate even more effectively;
16. Expresses its profound thanks to the many Governments that have
cooperated with the Working Group and replied to its requests for information and
to the Governments that have invited the Group to visit their countries, requests
them to give all necessary attention to the recommendations of the Group, and
invites them to inform the Group of any action they take on those recommendations;
17. Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights to continue to study this
question as a matter of priority and to take any steps it may deem necessary to the
pursuit of the task of the Working Group and to the follow-up to its
recommendations when it considers the report to be submitted by the Group to the
Commission at its fifty-seventh session;
18. Renews its requests to the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Working Group with all of the facilities it requires to perform its functions,
especially for carrying out missions and following them up;
19. Requests the Secretary-General to keep it informed of the steps he takes
to secure the widespread dissemination and promotion of the Declaration;
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E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/8 and E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/20/Rev.1.
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