UNITED NATIONS CERD International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination Distr. GENERAL CERD/C/SUR/CO/12 13 March 2009 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Seventy-fourth session 16 February-6 March 2009 CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination SURINAME 1. The Committee considered the eleventh and twelfth periodic reports of Suriname, submitted as a single document (CERD/C/SUR/12), at its 1916th and 1917th meetings (CERD/C/SR.1916 and 1917), held on 24 and 25 February 2009. In its 1928th meeting, held on 4 March 2009, it adopted the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the eleventh and twelfth periodic reports submitted by the State Party. The Committee also expresses appreciation for renewed dialogue with the State Party and appreciates the responses provided by the delegation to some of the Committee’s questions. 3. The Committee regrets that sufficient information on the concrete implementation of the Convention and that the steps taken to carry out the previous concluding observations GE.09-41107