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crime and the treatment of offenders. Although the items of information suggested here are not specifically provided for, it seems feasible to collect such information in order to assist member States in overcoming difficulties through an exchange of experience. Furthermore, the request for such information is analogous to the existing periodic reporting system on human rights originally established by the Economic and Social Souncil in its resolution 624 B (XXII) of 1 August 1956. Procedure 7 The Secretary-General shall disseminate the Standard Minimum Rules and the present implementing procedures, in as many languages as possible, and make them available to all States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, in order to ensure the widest circulation of the Rules and the present implementing procedures. Commentary: The need for the widest possible dissemination of the Standard Minimum Rules is self-evident. Close co-operation with all appropriate intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations is important to secure more effective dissemination and implementation of the Rules. Therefore, the Secretaial should maintain close contacts with such organizations and should make relevant information and data available to them. It should also encourage those organizations to disseminate information about the Standard Minimum Rules and the implementing procedures. Procedure 8 The Secretary-General shall diseminate his reports on the implementation of the Rules, including analytical summaries of the periodic surveys, reports of the Commitee on Crime Prevention and Control, reports prepared for the United Nations congresses onthe prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders as well as the reports of the congresses, scientific publications and other relevant documentation as from time to time may be deemed necessary to further the implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules. Commentary: This procedure reflects the present practice of disseminating such reports as part of the documentation fór the United Nations bodies concerned, as United Nations publications or as articles in the Yearbook on Human Rights and the International Review of Criminal Policy, the Crime Prevention and Criminal justice Newsletter and any other relevant publications. 189
