6. The Comnittee on the Elinination of Racial Discriminaeion beld itstbirty-firsc session at united Nations Headouarters frorn 4 to 22 Marcb 19g5, andits thirty-second session at the united Nalions office at ceneva fron s Eo23 August 1985. rn accordance with article 9, paragraph 2, of the convention, theCorunittee has submitted its annual report, tbrough the SecreCary_cenera l, to tbeGeneral Assembly at its fortieth session, L/ nbich covers the actlvities of theComnittee at its two sessions held in 1995. Notes L/ official No. 18 (A/40l18)ds of theraI Fort.ie^/ 40 /607 Eng li sh Page 3 A}INEX whi.ch sroneq, E State Afghanlstan Alger ia Arqent ina Australia Austr ia Bahamas Bang ladesh Barbados Belg iun Eenin Bhutan Bol ivia Botgeana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso* Burund i Byelorussian Sovlet soc ialist Republ ic Caneroon Canada Cape verdeor succeeded to the Convention Date of siqnature 9 December 196 6 13 Ju).y 19 67 13 october 1966 22 JuLy 1969 17 August 19 67 2 February 19 67 25 March 1973 7 June L966 7 March 1965 I June 1966 t February 1967 ? March 1966 12 Decenber 1956 24 August 1966Date of receipt ot the instrunent.s of raE if ication, accession or notif ication of succesaion 6 July 1983 a/ t4 February I97 2 2 october 19 68 30 septenber 197 5 9 !{ay r97 2 5 Auqust 1975 b/ ll June 19'19 a/ 8 Novenber 1972 a/ ? August 197 5 22 septenber 197 0 20 February L974 a/ 2? uarch 196I 8 August 19 66 l8 JuIy I97 4 9/ 27 october 1977 I April 1969 24 June 19 7l L4 October 197 0 3 October 19'79 a/ to Burkina Faso. As of 4 August 1984, the nane of UPper Voltawas changedA/40/60'1 Eng I ish Page 6 State Narn ib i a Nepa I Netberlands g/ Nen Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niger ia Norway c/ Pa k istan Pa n ana Papua Near Gu inea
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