CCPR/C/GEO/CO/4 minorities from certain official functions at the local level. It is also concerned about the lack of specific programmes aimed at the social and economic integration of Roma (arts. 25-27). The State party should strengthen its programmes for teaching the Georgian language to minorities, promote their representation in political and public bodies at all levels and consider the possibility of allowing the use of minority languages in local government and administration. It should also design and implement appropriate programmes and strategies to ensure the social and economic integration of Roma, including their access to employment, health care, education and social protection on an equal basis with others. Dissemination of information relating to the Covenant and the Optional Protocols 20. The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, the two Optional Protocols to the Covenant, the text of its fourth periodic report, the written replies to the list of issues drawn up by the Committee and the present concluding observations among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and non-governmental organizations operating in the country, and the general public. 21. In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the State party should provide, within one year, relevant information on its implementation of the Committee’s recommendations made in paragraphs 13 and 14 above. 22. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report, due for submission on 31 July 2019, specific, up-to-date information on the implementation of all its recommendations and on the Covenant as a whole. The Committee also requests the State party, when preparing its next periodic report, to broadly consult civil society and non-governmental organizations operating in the country. 8

Select target paragraph3