A/72/44 I. Organizational and other matters A. States parties to the Convention 1. As at 12 May 2017, the closing date of the sixtieth session of the Committee against Torture, there were 161 States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 39/46 and entered into force on 26 June 1987. 2. Since the previous report, the Central African Republic and Sao Tome and Principe ratified the Convention on 11 October 2016 and 10 January 2017 respectively. The Committee calls upon all States that have not ratified the Convention to do so, and calls upon those that are already a party to accept all the procedures of the Convention, in order to enable the Committee to fulfil all aspects of its mandate. 3. All information on the status of the treaty, including declarations under articles 20, 21 and 22 and reservations and objections made by States parties with respect to the Convention, can be found at http://treaties.un.org. B. Sessions and agendas of the Committee 4. The Committee has held three sessions since the adoption of its previous annual report. The fifty-eighth session (1432nd to 1459th meetings) was held from 25 July to 12 August 2016, the fifty-ninth session (1460th to 1504th meetings) from 7 November to 7 December 2016, and the sixtieth session (1505th to 1541st meetings) from 18 April to 12 May 2017. Sessions were held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. 5. At its 1432nd meeting, held on 25 July 2016, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/58/1) as the agenda of its fifty-eighth session. 6. At its 1460th meeting, held on 7 November 2016, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/59/1) as the agenda of its fifty-ninth session. 7. At its 1505th meeting, held on 18 April 2017, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/60/1) as the agenda of its sixtieth session. 8. An account of the deliberations and decisions of the Committee at those three sessions is contained in the relevant summary records (CAT/C/SR.1432-1541). C. Membership, officers and mandates 9. The membership of the Committee remained the same during the period covered by the report. The list of members, officers and mandates is contained in the annex. D. Oral report of the Chair to the General Assembly 10. In accordance with paragraph 35 of General Assembly resolution 68/156, on 18 October 2016 the Chair of the Committee presented an oral report to and engaged in an interactive dialogue with the Assembly at its seventy-first session (see the Committee web page, hosted on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), www.ohchr.org). 1