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(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.
2.
A declaration under paragraph 1 of the present 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declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-General.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 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
1.
A State Party to the present Protocol may at any time declare that it recognizes the competence of the
Committee provided for under this article.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Such an inquiry shall be conducted confidentially and the cooperation of the State Party shall be
sought at all stages of the proceedings.