Cmttee/ACRWC/II. Rev 2 Page 7 All official decisions and documents of the Committee shall be made available in the working languages. VII. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MEETINGS Rule 32: Public sessions The sessions of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies shall be public, except for administrative and budgetary matters or where the Committee so decides. At the end of each public session, the Chairperson of the Committee shall issue a Communiqué and organise a press conference with the media. Rule 33: Closed sessions At the beginning of each ordinary session the Committee shall convene a closed pre-session to be attended by only the members of the Committee and selected partners to prepare the next session. At the close of each private meeting, the Committee or its subsidiary bodies may issue a communiqué, through the Chairperson of the Commission, for the use of the media and the general public. Rule 34: Participation in meetings Representatives of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AU, Specialised Agencies, United Nations Organs, NGOs and CSOs shall be entitled to participate in the sessions of the Committee during the consideration of the implementation of such provisions of the Children's Charter which fall within the scope of their mandate, under modalities to be established for the purpose. VIII. RECORDS Rule 35: Summary records 1. Summary records of the meetings of the Committee shall be written in the working languages of the Committee. The Secretariat shall record and conserve the tapes of the sessions of the Committee. It may also record and conserve the tapes of the sessions of the working groups and sub-committees if the Committee so decides. The Secretariat of the Committee shall also ensure verbatim recording of the sessions of the Committee. 2. Summary records of the public and private meetings of the Committee shall be prepared by the Secretariat. All such participants may submit corrections to the Secretariat in the languages in which the records have been issued within a specified time of the receipt of such records. Corrections to the records of the meetings shall be consolidated in a single corrigendum to be issued at the end of the session concerned. Any disagreement concerning such corrections shall be decided upon by the Chairperson of the Committee or, in the case of continued disagreement, by decision of the Committee. Rule 36: Distribution of summary records