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During its 43rd session (11th-29tgh September 2006), the Committee on the Rights of the Child examined reports from Benin, Ethiopia, Ireland, Jordan, Kiribati, Oman, the Republic of Congo, Samoa, Senegal, and Swaziland.

It will also examined reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OPSC) for Denmark, Syria and Vietnam, and reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC) for Kazakhstan, Malta and Vietnam.

The following Concluding Observations to the States parties reports considered at the 43rd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child have been issued by the Committee today. They are available (in English) on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. French and Spanish versions are forthcoming.

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• Benin - 2nd Periodic Report
• Ethiopia - 3rd Periodic Report
• Ireland - 2nd Periodic Report
• Jordan - 3rd Periodic Report
• Kiribati - Initial Report
• Oman - 2nd Periodic Report
• Republic of Congo - Initial Report
• Samoa - Initial Report
• Senegal - 2nd Periodic Report
• Swaziland - Initial Report

OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS

• Denmark
  - Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Kazakhstan
  - Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
• Malta
  - Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
• Syria
  - Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

• Vietnam
  - Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
  - Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

Previous CRC News items

• 28/09/2006: Committee on the Rights of the Child: Update on 43rd session
• 19/09/2006: Debate en la ONU sobre el derecho de los niños y niñas a ser escuchados
• 15/09/2006: Jaap
• 15/09/2006: Day of General Discussion on child participation: Introductory statement by children and young people
• 15/09/2006: Day of General Discussion: Working Group 1 discussion on the child's right to be heard in judicial and administrative proceedings

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