29 Prevention of Torture and other relevant international organizations. The report was submitted to the NPM of Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as the Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the NPM website87 as well as on the website of the Ombudsman88, the NPM posts annual reports on its performance of duties in both the Serbian and English language. The Report on the NPM performance of duties for 2013, the NPM shall submit to the National Assembly, the President of the Republic and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, to the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Cassation and the State Public Prosecutor’s Office. The Report on the performance of duties for 2013, the NPM shall be submitted in the form of publications to the relevant committees and commissions of the National Assembly, an independent government bodies, ministries, all police departments, all institutions for execution of criminal sanctions, special hospitals for psychiatric illness, social institutions, Asylum centers, detention centers for foreigners, associations, colleges and institutes, as well as experts in the field of protection of rights of persons deprived of their liberty. The competent state authorities are required to consider the recommendations of the NPM and enter into a dialogue with him regarding the possible implementation measures.89 The Annual report on the performance of duties for 2013, the NPM shall submit to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, as well as other relevant international subjects, upon its translation into the English language. 6. State of progress and activities of the NPM in different areas in 2013 6.1. Police detention In 2013 the NPM Serbia visited a total of 38 police stations90, 12 reports on visits to police stations conducted in 2012 were made, and other five reports to police directorates on visits to police stations conducted during 2013 and at the start of 2014, the NPM submitted a report to the Police Administration on the visits to the police stations in its jurisdiction conducted at the end of 2013.91 These reports included a total of 160 recommendations. From the total number of the recommendations, competent authorities acted on 114 recommendations, only partially in 40, and failed to act on 6 recommendations. As in the last period, a large number of recommendations submitted by the NPM Serbia refer to the improvement of housing conditions in the detention facilities. Recommendations not requiring financial investments i.e. change in the angle on video cameras or shading of the part of the screen that reveals the area around the toilets so it does not invade privacy of detainees while using the toilet, video archiving, hygiene levels improvement, visible notices in the areas with video surveillance etc., are mainly acted upon. On the other hand, even if accepted, the recommendations requiring tangible assets (reconstruction of the rooms, installation of heaters, etc.) are generally not implemented however the competent services of the Ministry of Interior were advised on the necessary adaptation of premises and its expenses. The reason for failing to implement the recommendations is mainly the lack of financial resources. 87 http://ombudsman.npm.rs/index.php?limitstart=28&lang=sr. 88 http://www.zastitnik.rs/attachments/2902_izvestaj_%20NPM_%202012.pdf. 89 Optional Protocol, Article 22. 90 Within 6 Police Directorates. 91 In 2013, the working methodology had been amended in the reports on visits to Police Directorates and individual police stations in terms of compiled summary reports for the Police Directorates and their respectful police stations. The reports stated everything that is in common, but also the differences in the treatment of certain police stations within the Police Directorate are emphasized in the text of the joint report. The joint recommendations on omissions related to the performance of duties of more police stations were addressed.