243. In its views on communication No. 116/1998 (N.M. v. Switzerland), the Committee considered that the arguments developed by the author to support the claim that he would be tortured if returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo were neither consistent nor convincing. The Committee therefore concluded that there was therefore no breach of article 3 of the Convention. 244. In its views on communication No. 126/1999 (H.A.D. v. Switzerland), the Committee did not dispute the allegations of ill-treatment to which the author had been subjected in 1985 even though the medical certificate did not corroborate such allegations. Nevertheless, the Committee concluded that too much time had elapsed since those events to allow it to believe that the author would still be at risk of being tortured if returned to Turkey. 245. The Committee decided to consider jointly communications No. 130 and 131/1999 (V.X.N. and H.N. v. Sweden) because of their similarity. In its views on both communications, the Committee found that there remained some doubts as to the authors' credibility. Noting that the sole risk of being imprisoned upon return was not sufficient to invoke the protection of article 3 of the Convention, the Committee considered that so much time had elapsed since the authors fled Viet Nam was so important that their acts could no longer be considered an offence by the Vietnamese authorities. 246. In its views on communication No. 137/1999 (G.T. v. Switzerland), the Committee considered that the author had not produced any evidence that would remove its doubts with regard to the actual date of his arrival in Switzerland. Moreover, the numerous inconsistencies and lack of evidence in relation to his activities with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) led the Committee to conclude that there were no substantial grounds for believing that the author ran a personal risk of being tortured if returned to Turkey, his country of origin. 247. In its views on communication No. 143/1999 (S.C. v. Denmark), the Committee, although it did not dispute that the author might have encountered difficulties with the Ecuadorian authorities due to her political activities, recalled, inter alia, that the author had carried out the said activities as a member of a lawful political party in a country that had ratified the Convention, as well as its optional article 22. The Committee concluded that the information presented by the author did not provide substantial grounds for believing that she ran a foreseeable, real and personal risk of being tortured if she was returned to Ecuador. Chapter VII ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ITS ACTIVITIES 248. In accordance with article 24 of the Convention, the Committee submits an annual report on its activities to the States parties and to the General Assembly. 249. Since the Committee holds its second regular session of each calendar year in late November, which coincides with the regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Committee adopts its annual report at the end of its spring session for appropriate transmission to the General Assembly during the same calendar year. 250. Accordingly, at its 438th meeting, held on 19 May 2000, the Committee considered the draft report on its activities at the twenty-third and twenty-fourth sessions (CAT/C/XXIV/CRP.1 and Add.1-4, 5/Rev.1, 6-8). The report, as amended in the course of the discussion, was adopted by the Committee unanimously. An account of the activities of the Committee at its twenty-fifth session (13 to 24 November 2000) will be included in the annual report of the Committee for 2001. 41