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SECTION IV
Articles 24-26
93.
To provide for overseeing the application of the framework Convention, the Committee
of Ministers is entrusted with the task of monitoring the implementation by the Contracting
Parties. The Committee of Ministers shall determine the modalities for the participation in the
implementation mechanism by the Parties which are not members of the Council of Europe.
94.
Each Party shall transmit to the Secretary General on a periodical basis and whenever the
Committee of Ministers so requests information of relevance to the implementation of this
framework Convention. The Secretary General shall transmit this information to the Committee
of Ministers. However, the first report, the aim of which is to provide full information on
legislative and other measures which the Party has taken to give effect to the undertakings set
out in the framework Convention, must be submitted within one year of the entry into force of
the framework Convention in respect of the Party concerned. The purpose of the subsequent
reports shall be to complement the information included in the first report.
95.
In order to ensure the efficiency of the monitoring of the implementation of the
framework Convention, it provides for the setting up of an advisory committee. The task of this
advisory committee is to assist the Committee of Ministers when it evaluates the adequacy of the
measures taken by a Party to give effect to the principles set out in the framework Convention.
96.
It is up to the Committee of Ministers to determine, within one year of the entry into
force of the framework Convention, the composition and the procedures of the advisory
committee, the members of which shall have recognised expertise in the field of the protection
of national minorities.
97.
The monitoring of the implementation of this framework Convention shall, in so far as
possible, be transparent. In this regard it would be advisable to envisage the publication of the
reports and other texts resulting from such monitoring.
SECTION V
98.
The final provisions contained in articles 27 to 32 are based on the model final clauses
for conventions and agreements concluded within the Council of Europe. No article on
reservations was included; reservations are allowed in as far as they are permitted by
international law. Apart from Articles 27 and 29 the articles in this section require no particular
comment.