COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Forty-seventh session

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES
UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION

Concluding observations of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Madagascar

597. At its 1116th meeting, held on 10 August 1995 (see CERD/C/SR.1115) the Committee commenced its review of the implementation of the Convention by Madagascar based on its previous report (CERD/C/149/Add.19) and the consideration thereof by the Committee (see CERD/C/SR.835). The Committee noted that no new report had been received since 1989. The Committee received a request from the Government of Madagascar to defer the review from the forty-seventh to a future session. This request was accepted on the understanding that the report would be submitted in time for it to be considered at the forty-eighth session of the Committee. It was decided to have transmitted to the Government a list of the Committee's principal concerns with regard to implementation of the Convention in Madagascar, and to inform the Government that the Committee expected that the issues listed would be adequately addressed in the report to be submitted. The Committee also recommended to the Government that it request technical assistance from the Programme of Advisory Services and Technical Assistance of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights.