COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Forty-third session 
Pre-sessional open-ended Working Group 
on the Question of a Convention on the
Rights of the Child

26–30 January 1987 

Proposal submitted by the Four Directions Council 
Article 23

1. The reports submitted under Article 22 shall be considered by the Economic and Social Council. 
2. To assist it in its task, the Economic and Social Council shall first transmit the reports of States Parties to its Committees on the Implementation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, for examination in conjunction, where appropriate, with States Parties' periodic reports [ ] that Covenant. The Committee shall prepare appropriate comments on each report for transmission, through the Economic and Social Council, to the State Party concerned. 
3. In its examination of reports, the Committee may avail itself of relevant written information submitted to it by the specialized agencies, other relevant United Nations bodies, and non-governmental organizations.