A/HRC/15/25 2. The members of the Commission shall serve in their personal capacity. They shall not be nationals of the States parties to the dispute or of a State not party to this Convention. 3. The Commission shall elect its own Chairperson and adopt its own rules of procedure. 4. The meetings of the Commission shall normally be held at United Nations Headquarters or at any other convenient place as determined by the Commission. 5. The secretariat provided in accordance with article 34, paragraph 3, of this Convention shall also service the Commission whenever a dispute among States parties brings the Commission into being. 6. The States parties to the dispute shall share equally all the expenses of the members of the Commission in accordance with estimates to be provided by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 7. The Secretary-General shall be empowered to pay the expenses of the members of the Commission, if necessary, before reimbursement by the States parties to the dispute in accordance with paragraph 6 of this article. 8. The information obtained and collated by the Committee shall be made available to the Commission, and the Commission may call upon the States concerned to supply any other relevant information. Article 36 Report of the Conciliation Commission 1. When the Commission has fully considered the matter, it shall prepare and submit to the Chairperson of the Committee a report embodying its findings on all questions of fact relevant to the issue between the parties and containing such recommendations as it may think proper for the amicable solution of the dispute. 2. The Chairperson of the Committee shall communicate the report of the Commission to each of the States parties to the dispute. These States shall, within three months, inform the Chairperson of the Committee whether or not they accept the recommendations contained in the report of the Commission. 3. After the period provided for in paragraph 2 of this article, the Chairperson of the Committee shall communicate the report of the Commission and the declarations of the States parties concerned to the other States parties to this Convention. Article 37 Individual and group petitions 1. A State party may at the time of ratification of this Convention or at any time afterwards declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals subject to its jurisdiction claiming to be victims of a violation by this State party of provisions of this Convention. The Committee shall not admit any communication concerning a State party which has not made such a declaration. 2. The Committee shall consider a communication inadmissible where: (a) GE.10-15155 The communication is anonymous; 39