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During the opening session of the 44th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneva, 15th January), Bacre Waly Ndiaye, Director of the Division of Human Rights Procedures at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, recalled that, following the recommendation of the fifth Intercommittee Meeting of human rights treaty body organs, held in June 2006, the Working Group on reform of treaty bodies had met on 28 and 29 November 2006 and its report had been included in the dossier for this session. He underscored that the proposition made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which sought to create a permanent bureau tasked with coordinating the harmonisation of working methods, had been well received by the representatives of other Committees, and it had been agreed to put in place, on a trial basis, a brainstorming group on treaty bodies. That group would meet three times a year and would be composed of two member from each Committee, elected for a period of two to four years. In addition, the Working Group on Reservations had held a successful meeting on 14 and 15 December 2006, accomplishing a further step towards the harmonizing Committees' working methods.