A/HRC/9/18 page 18 Annex IV Details of UPR documentation submitted to DCM A. First UPR session The 16 States under review were: Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Tunisia and the United Kingdom. The details of the review of these States are as follows: (a) Pre-session documents The 47 pre-session6 documents submitted comprised three sets: • First set: 15 national reports (South Africa eventually decided not to submit a national report, amounting to a total of 534 estimated standard pages (ESP, comprising 330 words) with an average of 35.6 ESP per report versus the 20 page maximum as stated in Resolution 5/1, which thus should have amounted to 300 ESP. DCM processed 234 additional estimated standard pages. • Second set: 16 compilations of information by the substantive secretariat, amounting to a total of 355 ESP with an average of 22.18 ESP per report versus the 10 page maximum as stated in Resolution 5/1, which should have amounted to 160 ESP. DCM processed 195 additional estimated standard pages. • Third set: 16 summaries of information provided by relevant stakeholders, amounting to a total of 325 ESP with an average of 20.31 ESP per report versus the 10 page maximum as stated in Resolution 5/1, which should have amounted to 160 ESP. DCM processed 165 additional estimated standard pages. 6 This paper emphasizes the different kinds of documentation (pre-, in- and post-session) because different deadlines apply to them. Repeated General Assembly resolutions stipulate that, except in special cases, pre-session documents should be submitted for processing and translation no later than ten weeks before the beginning of the session at which they are to be discussed, and made available to delegations in all relevant languages six weeks before the opening of the session. In-session documentation is supposed to be translated within 48 hours of submission (24 hours at Headquarters, which operates night and weekend shifts for the purpose). Post-session documentation is not normally subject to such rigorous time limits except where the outcome of one meeting (generally of a subsidiary body) is treated as input for another; in that case, the 10/6-week rule applies.

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