A/65/44 Optional Protocol and the national preventive mechanism (29) The Committee notes that Organization Act No. 1/2009 established that the Ombudsman would act as the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It further notes that the same Act provides for the creation of an Advisory Board to provide technical and legal cooperation in the exercise of the functions of the national preventive mechanism; and that the Board would be chaired by the deputy to whom the Ombudsman delegates the functions established in this provision (art. 2). The State party should ensure that the Ombudsman has sufficient human, material and financial resources to discharge his prevention mandate throughout the country independently and effectively. The State party should further ensure that the Advisory Board has a clear jurisdiction and role and that the relationship between the national preventive mechanism and the Board is clearly defined. The Committee encourages the State party to have members of the Board selected through a process that is public and transparent and to include on the Board recognized experts in various areas pertaining to the prevention of torture, including representatives of civil society. (30) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. (31) The Committee invites the State party to submit a core document in accordance with the requirements for the preparation of a common core document established in the harmonized guidelines for the submission of reports approved by the international human rights treaties bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6). (32) The State party is urged to ensure wide circulation of the report submitted to the Committee and of the Committee’s concluding observations through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. (33) The Committee requests the State party to provide information, within one year, in response to the Committee’s recommendations in paragraphs 10, 12, 20, 23 and 25 of the present document. (34) The State party is invited to submit its sixth periodic report by 20 November 2013. 56. Yemen (1) The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of Yemen (CAT/C/YEM/2) at its 898th meeting (CAT/C/SR.898), held on 3 November 2009, and adopted, at its 917th meeting (CAT/C/SR.917), the provisional concluding observations as set out below. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the submission of the second periodic report of Yemen, which, while generally following the Committee’s guidelines for reporting, lacks statistical and practical information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and relevant domestic legislation. The Committee also regrets the delay in the submission of the report, and that the State party has not submitted written responses to its list of issues (CAT/C/YEM/Q/2), nor has it responded to the letter of 21 April 2006, in which the Committee’s Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations requested further information on Yemen (CAT/C/CR/31/4 and Add.1). 60 GE.10-44721