12 CPT: 11TH GENERAL REPORT 23. In its 10th General Report, the CPT stressed that the number of members with a medical background was no longer on a par with that of lawyers in the Committee. The CPT expressed the hope that it would be possible, in particular, to increase the number of forensic doctors. The Committee also indicated that it would be desirable to have more members with relevant experience of police work. Those considerations are still valid today. Further, the proportion of women among the CPT's membership remains rather low (10 out of 37). In this connection, the Committee welcomes the additional measures recently adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly, with a view to ensuring that the lists of candidates for membership which are forwarded to the Committee of Ministers are in conformity with the needs of the CPT.8 Administrative and financial questions 24. The Parliamentary Assembly recently recommended that the Committee of Ministers increase the CPT's human and budgetary resources so that the Committee may adequately perform the duties required of it.9 The CPT greatly welcomes this initiative on the part of the Assembly. As the CPT has made clear in previous General Reports, the Committee's effectiveness has been undermined by the fact that the vast expansion of its field of operations has not been matched by a corresponding increase in the Committee's resources. At the same time, it should be noted that considerable progress has been made of late towards strengthening the CPT's resources; the Committee is particularly grateful to the Secretary General for his support in this regard. The number of visit days and the Secretariat resources are now getting quite close to the necessary levels identified some five years ago by the Committee. The CPT remains hopeful that this process of reinforcement will be completed by 2003; resources for an extra 35 visit days per year (to reach the figure of 200) and an additional three staff members are required. 8 9 See Assembly Resolution 1248 (2001), adopted on 23 May 2001. See Assembly Recommendation 1517 (2001), adopted on 23 May 2001.