A/HRC/WG.7/2/2 Article 13 Protection measures 34. At the first session of the Working Group, experts and State representatives raised concerns about the vulnerability of child petitioners and the importance of ensuring that their involvement in the communications procedure did not put them at risk. The possible vulnerability of petitioners has been considered in the elaboration of other protocols, and article 13 is derived from the agreed wording in article 13 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; article 11 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women omits the words “any form of”. Article 14 International assistance and cooperation 35. This article derives from article 14 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which includes a unique and detailed procedure enabling the Committee, with the consent of the State party concerned, to inform United Nations agencies when communications and/or the Committee’s views and recommendations on them suggest a need for technical advice or assistance to States. The issue of international assistance in the context of the optional protocol was also raised by some delegations at the first session of the Working Group. The Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child recalled that the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights contained a provision to that effect and that the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child could take a similar approach. 36. The Chairperson-Rapporteur will leave the issue of establishment of a special/trust fund (as it is the case in article 14 (2) of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) for consideration by Member States. Article 15 Report to the General Assembly 37. This is a standard provision, similar to those in article 6 to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 12 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and article 15 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Article 16 Publicity 38. It has become a standard provision to require States parties to make respective instruments well known and to facilitate access about the views and recommendations of committees (article 13 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 16 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). The requirement of “appropriate and active means” is by analogy based on article 42 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, under which “States parties undertake to make the principles and GE.10-15781 19