ARTICLE 41 Privileges and Immunities In discharging their duties. members of the Committee shall enjoy the privileges and immunities provided for in the General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Organization of Afncan Unity. CHAPTER THREE MANDATE AND PROCEDURE OF THE COMMITTEE ARTICLE 42 Mandate The functions of the Committee shall be: (a) To promote and protect the rights enshrined in this Charter and in particular to: (i) collect and document information, commission inter-disciplinary assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child, and where necessary give its views and make recommendations to Governments; (ii) formulate and lay down principles and rules aimed at protecting the rights and welfare of children in Africa; (iii) cooperate with other African, international and regional Institutions and organizations concerned with the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of the child. (b) To monitor the implementation and ensure protection of the rights enshrined in this Charter. (c) To interpret the provisions of the present Charter at the request of a State Party, an Institution of the Organization of African Unity or any other person or Institution recognized by the Organization of African Unity, or any State Party. (d) Perform such other task as may be entrusted to it by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General of the OAU and any other organs of the OAU or the United Nations. ARTICLE 43 Reporting Procedure 1. Every State Party to the present Charter shall undertake to submit to the Committee through the SecretaryGeneral of the Organization of African Unity, reports on the measures they have adopted which give effect to the provisions of this Charter and on the progress made in the enjoyment of these rights: (a) within two years of the entry into force of the Charter for the State Party concerned; (b) and thereafter, every three years. 2. Every report made under this Article shall: (a) contain sufficient information on the implementation of the present Charter to provide the Committee with comprehensive understanding of the implementation of the Charter in the relevant country; and (b) shall indicate factors and difficulties, if any, affecting the fullfilment of the obligations contained in the Charter.