- 63 - which human rights are included in the curriculum content of formal education, in the programme of activities in non-formal education, and in other public information activities. The Committee will report its findings to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 331. The Committee will regularly consider the efforts made by States parties to translate into all local languages the texts of international human rights norms and instruments, general comments and concluding observations by the treaty bodies, and reports of any national institution or government organ entrusted with the promotion and protection of human rights. 332. The Committee, in the light of information made available to it and to the other treaty bodies, will pay special attention to the efforts made by States parties to provide human rights education through programmes for all target groups specified in the Plan of Action, instruction through the formal and informal educational systems, and public campaigns and information for the public as a whole. In its consideration of States parties’ reports, the Committee will seek specific information on the progress of States over time with each of these approaches. 333. The Committee will give regular consideration to the status of implementation of the Plan of Action in States parties. It will pay particular attention to whether States are making use of all the resources available from national and international organizations and the specialized agencies, whether national focal points for human rights education are being established and, if so, what their achievements and their present and planned activities are. 334. The Committee will identify areas where States parties may benefit from international technical assistance, including the materials and project assistance offered by, inter alia, the Centre for Human Rights, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO and WHO, on the basis of information learned during its consideration of States parties’ reports and the survey to be conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with the assistance of the Centre for Human Rights and UNESCO. With regard to its organization of work: 335. The Committee may consider preparing for discussion at one of its future sessions a general comment on the nature of States parties’ obligations under article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 336. The Committee requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to invite UNESCO to make available to the Committee its assessment of teaching materials, curricula and other relevant information concerning human rights education that are received from Member States, from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and from all relevant organs within the United Nations system. The Committee expresses the hope that relevant country-specific information may be exchanged on a regular basis with the UNESCO Advisory Committee on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy.

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