A/65/44 Kuwait, Monaco and Turkey). These reports have already been scheduled for the two coming sessions of the Committee, in November 2010 and May 2011, considering that they must be examined within the shortest possible period of time after their receipt. 36. For reports due in 2010, the Committee adopted, and transmitted in 2009, lists of issues prior to reporting with regard to nine States parties: Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritius, Mexico, Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia. Out of these nine States parties, eight have accepted this new reporting procedure (Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritius, Mexico and Russian Federation). These reports have to be submitted by 30 September 2010. 37. For reports due in 2011, the Committee adopted, and transmitted in 2010, lists of issues prior to reporting with regard to 19 States parties: Bahrain, Benin, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, United States of America and Uzbekistan. Out of these States parties, 15 have accepted this new reporting procedure (Benin, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal and United States of America) and one (Uzbekistan) expressly did not accept it. These reports have to be submitted by 15 July 2011. 38. The Committee will adopt in 2010 and transmit in 2011 lists of issues prior to reporting with regard to all States parties that have reports due in 2012. 39. The Committee welcomes the fact that a high number of States parties have accepted this new procedure aiming at assisting States parties to fulfil their reporting obligations, as it strengthen the cooperation between the Committee and States parties. While the Committee understands that the adoption, since 2007, of lists of issues prior to reporting facilitates States parties reporting obligations, it nonetheless wants to emphasise that this new procedure of drafting lists of issues prior to reporting has increased the Committee’s workload substantially as their preparation requires more work than the traditional lists of issues following the submission of a State party’s report. This is particularly significant in a Committee with such a small membership. C. Reminders for overdue initial reports 40. At its forty-first session, the Committee decided to send reminders to all State parties whose initial reports were three or more years overdue and, following these reminders, six of them submitted an initial report to the Committee: Ethiopia, Ghana, Ireland, Mongolia, the Syrian Arab Republic and Turkmenistan. 41. At its forty-fourth session, the Committee decided to send reminders to all State parties whose initial reports were three or more years overdue: Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Holy See, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, and Timor-Leste. 42. The Committee drew the attention of these States parties to the fact that delays in reporting seriously hamper the implementation of the Convention in the States parties and the Committee in carrying out its function of monitoring such implementation. The Committee requested information on the progress made by these States parties regarding the fulfilment of their reporting obligations and on any obstacles that they might be facing in that respect. It also informed them that, according to rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee might proceed with a review of the implementation of the Convention in the State party in the absence of a report, and that such review would be carried out on the basis GE.10-44721 7