is being considered by the Committee and to
make submissions orally and/or in writing;
(h) The Committee shall, with all due expediency
after the date of receipt of notice under
subparagraph (b) of the present paragraph,
submit a report, as follows:
(i) If a solution within the terms of
subparagraph (d) of the present paragraph
is reached, the Committee shall confine its
report to a brief statement of the facts and of
the solution reached;
(ii) If a solution within the terms of subparagraph
(d) is not reached, the Committee shall,
in its report, set forth the relevant facts
concerning the issue between the States
Parties concerned. The written submissions
and record of the oral submissions made
by the States Parties concerned shall be
attached to the report. The Committee may
also communicate only to the States Parties
concerned any views that it may consider
relevant to the issue between them.
In every matter, the report shall be communicated to the
States Parties concerned.
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declaration under paragraph 1 of the present
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article shall be deposited by the States Parties with
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who
shall transmit copies thereof to the other States
Parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any
time by notification to the Secretary-General. Such
a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration
of any matter that is the subject of a communication
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already transmitted under the present article; no
further communication by any State Party shall
be received under the present article after the
notification of withdrawal of the declaration has
been received by the Secretary-General, unless the
State Party concerned has made a new declaration.
Article 11
Inquiry procedure
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State Party to the present Protocol may at any
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time declare that it recognizes the competence of the
Committee provided for under the present article.
If the Committee receives reliable information
indicating grave or systematic violations by a State
Party of any of the economic, social and cultural
rights set forth in the Covenant, the Committee
shall invite that State Party to cooperate in the
examination of the information and to this end to
submit observations with regard to the information
concerned.
Taking into account any observations that may
have been submitted by the State Party concerned
as well as any other reliable information available
to it, the Committee may designate one or more of
its members to conduct an inquiry and to report
urgently to the Committee. Where warranted and
with the consent of the State Party, the inquiry may
include a visit to its territory.
Such an inquiry shall be conducted confidentially
and the cooperation of the State Party shall be sought
at all stages of the proceedings.
After examining the findings of such an inquiry, the
Committee shall transmit these findings to the State
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