The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination began the substantive work of its current session this morning by taking up a report from Romania on measures it has taken to implement the International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Under Article 9 of the Convention, States Parties are obliged to submit to the Secretary-General, for consideration by the Committee, reports on the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures taken by them to the provisions of the International Convention.States are required to submit reports within one year of becoming parties (initial reports) and every two years thereafter (periodic reports). The Committee may request further information from States (supplementary reports). Romania's third period report is the first in a series of 17 countries reports to be considered by the 18-member expert body at its three-week session, scheduled to conclude 20 August 1976.
Paul J. G. Kapteyn, expert form the Netherlands, is seen making a statement.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded consideration this afternoon of the report of the Bahamas and took up the report of Tunisia, submitted in accordance with those States' obligations as parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. States Parties are required to submit reports periodicaly to the Committee, outlining the measures they have taken to give effect to the Convention. The Committee is composed of 18 independant experts acting in their personal capacities.
Seated at the presiding table during the meeting are, from left, Elena M. Coroeel de Rodriguez, Minister Counsellor, Venezuela's Mission to the UN; Roy Chaderton-Matos, Venezuela's Alternate Representative to the UN; M. Houshmand, Representative of the Secretary-General; José D. Ingles, Committee Chairman; and J. Gomez del Prado, Committee Secretary.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concluded consideration this afternoon of the report of the Bahamas and took up the report of Tunisia, submitted in accordance with those States' obligations as parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. States Parties are required to submit reports periodicaly to the Committee, outlining the measures they have taken to give effect to the Convention. The Committee is composed of 18 independant experts acting in their personal capacities.
At the presiding table during the meeting are, from left, E. Houshmand, Representative of the Secretary-General; Committee Chairman José D. Ingles, ; and J. Gomez del Prado, Committee Secretary.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began its fifth session yesterday and eleced as its Chairman Luis Valencia Rodriguez, Ambassador of Ecuador to Brazil. An 18-member body of experts serving in their personal capacity, the Committee, during its current two-week session, will examine reports from Sates Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discriminationon the measures they have taken to implement its provisions. It is alsao to consider general action taken by the General Assembly last year regarding the annual report of the Committee and take up a proposed amendment to its provisional rules of procedure that would enable states parties to be represented when their reports are examined.
Left to right, at the table: Marc Schreiber, Director, UN Division of Human Rights; Luis Valencia Rodriguez, Chairman; and Kamleshwar Das, Committee Secretary.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination began its fourth session this morning by adopting its agenda and with a discussion on what would constitute a quorum during its subsequente meetings. An 18-member body of experts serving in their personal capacities, the Committee will examine reports form States Parties on their action in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and draw up a report to the General Assembly. The Committee will also consider petitions, reports, and other information relating to matters of racial discrimination in dependent Territories, as transmitted to it by the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization, in accordance with the Convention.The agenda also includes an item considering co-operation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Rajeswahr Dayal (India), Chairman, making a statement. At left is Kamleshwar Das, Representative of the Secretary-General. At right is Enayat Houshmand, Committee Secretary.