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communications, expressed disappointment that the protection standards that it contained
were not as high as expected.
108. The representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights stated that it was in the nature of a compromise that the parties to it would
not be fully pleased. Nevertheless, the adoption of the draft optional protocol was a historic
moment in the progressive development of international human rights law. He hoped that,
in the future, the Committee would be provided with sufficient resources to comply with its
mandate under the optional protocol.
109. The International Commission of Jurists and the NGO Group for the Convention on
the Rights of the Child took the view that the process of adoption had been too hasty, with
not enough time to consider fully a number of complex legal issues. Further discussions
might be necessary before the seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council.
110. At its final meeting, on 16 February 2011, the Working Group adopted the report on
its second session ad referendum. The text of the draft optional protocol, as adopted by the
Working Group, is annexed to the present report.
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