A/69/44 State party a list of issues prior to reporting, considering that the State party has accepted to report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure. 64. Guinea (1) In the absence of the initial report of Guinea, the Committee considered the measures taken by the State party to protect and implement the rights recognized in the Convention, in accordance with rule 67 of its rules of procedure, at its 1222nd and 1225th meetings (CAT/C/SR.1222 and SR.1225), held on 6 and 7 May 2014. The Committee adopted the following concluding observations at its 1243rd meeting (CAT/C/SR.1243), held on 20 May 2014. A. Introduction (2) The Committee regrets that the initial report of the State party was not submitted in 1990, which has prevented the Committee from assessing the implementation of the provisions of the Convention by the State party since its ratification of that instrument nearly 25 years ago. The Committee likewise regrets that the State party did not submit its initial report until the evening before its delegation appeared before the Committee, which did not allow the Committee to study it in time for the first day of the dialogue or to have it translated into the Committee’s working languages. Nevertheless, the Committee welcomes with satisfaction the appearance of the high-level delegation and the submission of the initial report of Guinea (CAT/C/GIN/1), even though the report does not conform to the Committee’s guidelines on the form and content of initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.3). (3) The Committee welcomes the very frank and direct dialogue that was held with the State party’s high-level delegation, which presented the situation in the State party and the numerous problems there, as well as the replies made orally by the delegation to the questions raised during the meetings by Committee members. B. Positive aspects (4) The Committee notes with satisfaction that since the ratification of the Convention on 10 October 1989, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments: (a) The Convention on the Rights of the Child, on 13 July 1990; (b) The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, on 17 June 1993; (c) The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, on 27 May 1999; (d) The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, on 7 September 2000; (e) The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, on 7 September 2000; (f) The Constitutive Act of the African Union, on 23 April 2002; (g) The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, on 14 July 2003; (h) The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 9 November 2004; (i) The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 9 November 2004; 100 GE.14-12596