The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
Taking note of the recommendation of the third meeting of persons chairing the human
rights treaty bodies, as endorsed by the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session, to the effect
that a series of seminars or workshops should be organized at the national level for the purpose
of training those involved in the preparation of State party reports,
Concerned over the continued failure of certain States parties to the International
obligations under the Convention,
Believing that training courses and workshops organized on the national level might prove
of immeasurable assistance to officials responsible for the preparation of such State party
reports,
Requests the Secretary-General to organize, in consultation with the States parties concerned, appropriate national training courses and workshops for their reporting officials as soon as practicable;
Recommends that the services of the staff of the Centre for Human Rights as well as of the experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination should be utilized, as appropriate, in the conduct of such training courses and workshops.