GI-ESCR issued with 27 other civil society organisations, and as part of TB-NET, a statement to call upon the Secretary-General and member states of the UN to strengthen the work of the Treaty Bodies System through additional and sustainable funding and the development of a predictable calendar for review of the reports on States' human rights compliance of their human rights obligations.

We seek a treaty body system that has adequate resources to support all mandated activities, that ensures regular reporting by States parties, and that promotes coherence and strengthened implementation by States of their human rights obligations. It is now up to Member States to make these recommended new arrangements a reality. Member States should take the necessary action to ensure that OHCHR receives these resources – including by:

• Encouraging the Secretary-General to request additional regular budget funding for the treaty body system and supporting future requests for funding for the treaty bodies in the Proposed Programme budget for 2024;

• Supporting OHCHR’s request in its annual appeal for 2023 for extrabudgetary resources to improve the arrangements for the Petitions Unit; and

• Taking intergovernmental actions that clearly convey States’ support for the predictable reporting calendar approved by the Chairpersons, including by welcoming the Secretary General’s new biennial report on the treaty body system in the resolution on the treaty body system that the Third Committee will consider in the coming weeks.