deplored the attitude of those State parties which persisted in not complying with the obligations they had freely assumed under the Convention. 39. The Committee also noted that the initial reports of Malta and Somalia, which were due in 1991, had not yet been received in spite of five reminders to each of those States parties. 40. Furthermore, the Committee was informed that second reminders had been sent by the Secretary-General to Croatia, Estonia, Venezuela, Yemen and Yugoslavia, whose initial reports were due in 1992, and to Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Latvia and Seychelles whose initial reports were due in 1993. A first reminder had been sent to Cambodia, whose initial report was also due in 1993. 41. With regard to second periodic reports, the Committee was informed that first reminders had been sent by the Secretary-General to China and Tunisia, whose reports were due in 1993. 42. The Committee again requested the Secretary-General to continue sending reminders automatically to those States parties whose initial reports were more than 12 months overdue and subsequent reminders every six months. 43. The status of submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention as at 5 May 1995, the closing date of the fourteenth session of the Committee, appears in annex III to the present report. -8-