7. (a) The Committee shall consider communications in the light of all information made available to it by the State Party concerned and by the petitioner. The Committee shall not con­ sider any communication from a petitioner unless it has ascer­ tained that the petitioner has exhausted all available domestic remedies. However, this shall not be the rule where the applica­ tion of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged. (&) The Committee shall forward its suggestions and recom­ mendations, if any, to the State Party concerned and to the petitioner. 8. The Committee shall include in its annual report a summary of such communications and, where appropriate, a summary of the explanations and statements of the States Parties concerned and of its own suggestions and recom­ mendations. 9. The Committee shall be competent to exercise the func­ tions provided for in this article only when at least ten States Parties to this Convention are bound by declarations in ac­ cordance with paragraph 1 of this article. Article 15 1. Pending the achievement of the objectives of the Declara­ tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, the provisions of this Convention shall in no way limit the right of petition granted to these peoples by other international instruments or by the United Nations and its specialized agencies. 2. (a) The Committee established under article 8, paragraph 1, of this Convention shall receive copies of the petitions from, and submit expressions of opinion and recommendations on these petitions to, the bodies of the United Nations which deal with matters directly related to the principles and objec­ tives of this Convention in their consideration of petitions from the inhabitants of Trust and Non-Self-Governing Terri­ tories and all other territories to which General Assembly 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to international law and human rights, specifically the procedures and mechanisms for considering communications and petitions regarding human rights violations. It does not seem to be directly related to any specific economic, social, or environmental issue.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International law