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3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations may also, after consultation with the Committee,
transmit to other specialized agencies as well as to intergovernmental organizations, copies of such
parts of these reports as may fall within their competence.
4. The Committee may invite the specialized agencies and organs of the United Nations, as well as
intergovernmental organizations and other concerned bodies to submit, for consideration by the
Committee, written information on such matters dealt with in the present Convention as fall within the
scope of their activities.
5. The International Labour Office shall be invited by the Committee to appoint representatives to
participate, in a consultative capacity, in the meetings of the Committee.
6. The Committee may invite representatives of other specialized agencies and organs of the United
Nations, as well as of intergovernmental organizations, to be present and to be heard in its meetings
whenever matters falling within their field of competence are considered.
7. The Committee shall present an annual report to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the
implementation of the present Convention, containing its own considerations and recommendations,
based, in particular, on the examination of the reports and any observations presented by States
Parties.
8. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit the annual reports of the Committee to
the States Parties to the present Convention, the Economic and Social Council, the Commission on
Human Rights of the United Nations, the Director-General of the International Labour Office and other
relevant organizations.
Article 75
1. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
2. The Committee shall elect its officers for a term of two years.
3. The Committee shall normally meet annually.
4. The meetings of the Committee shall normally be held at United Nations Headquarters.
Article 76
1. A State Party to the present Convention may at any time declare under this article that it recognizes
the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications to the effect that a State
Party claims that another State Party is not fulfilling its obligations under the present Convention.
Communications under this article may be received and considered only if submitted by a State Party
that has made a declaration recognizing in regard to itself the competence of the Committee. No
communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State Party which has not made
such a declaration. Communications received under this article shall be dealt with in accordance with
the following procedure:
(a) If a State Party to the present Convention considers that another State Party is not fulfilling its
obligations under the present Convention, it may, by written communication, bring the matter to the
attention of that State Party. The State Party may also inform the Committee of the matter. Within
three months after the receipt of the communication the receiving State shall afford the State that sent
the communication an explanation, or any other statement in writing clarifying the matter which
should include, to the extent possible and pertinent, reference to domestic procedures and remedies
taken, pending or available in the matter;
(b) If the matter is not adjusted to the satisfaction of both States Parties concerned within six months
after the receipt by the receiving State of the initial communication, either State shall have the right to
refer the matter to the Committee, by notice given to the Committee and to the other State;