Ways and means of expediting the work of the Committee

During its fifty-fifth session, the Committee considered agenda item 7, on ways and means of expediting the work of the Committee. The Committee was informed about the status of the intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system (General Assembly resolution 66/254). The Chair, Nicole Ameline, briefed the Committee about the outcome of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of chairs of the human rights treaty bodies, which had taken place in New York from 20 to 24 May 2013.

Related Subject(s): Women and Gender Issues