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4. Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at a meeting of States Parties convened by
the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters. At that meeting, for which two thirds of the
States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be nominees who
obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of
States Parties present and voting.

5.

(a) The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. However, the terms of
nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after
the first election the names of these nine members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the
Committee;

(b) For the filling of casual vacancies, the State Party whose expert has ceased to function as a
member of the Committee shall appoint another expert from among its nationals, subject to the
approval of the Committee.

6. States Parties shall be responsible for the expenses of the members of the Committee while they
are in performance of Committee duties.

Article 9

1. States Parties undertake to submit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for consideration
by the Committee, a report on the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures which they
have adopted and which give effect to the provisions of this Convention: (a) within one year after the
entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned; and

(b) thereafter every two years and whenever the Committee so requests. The Committee may request
further information from the States Parties.

2. The Committee shall report annually, through the Secretary General, to the General Assembly of the
United Nations on its activities and may make suggestions and general recommendations based on the
examination of the reports and information received from the States Parties. Such suggestions and
general recommendations shall be reported to the General Assembly together with comments, if any,
from States Parties.

Article 10

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 secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Secretary General of the United Nations.

4. The meetings of the Committee shall normally be held at United Nations Headquarters.

Article 11

1. If a State Party considers that another State Party is not giving effect to the provisions of this
Convention, it may bring the matter to the attention of the Committee. The Committee shall then
transmit the communication to the State Party concerned. Within three months, the receiving State
shall submit to the Committee written explanations or statements clarifying the matter and the
remedy, if any, that may have been taken by that State. 2. If the matter is not adjusted to the
satisfaction of both parties, either by bilateral negotiations or by any other procedure open to them,
within six months after the receipt by the receiving State of the initial communication, either State
shall have the right to refer the matter again to the Committee by notifying the Committee and also
the other State.

3. The Committee shall deal with a matter referred to it in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article
after it has ascertained that all available domestic remedies have been invoked and exhausted in the