complying with their reporting obligations under the Convention and the technical assistance that might be provided to overcome those difficulties. If the States parties concerned had no Permanent Mission in Geneva, the Chairman of the Committee would address a letter on the question of reporting obligations to the respective Ministers for Foreign Affairs. 53 re Co 52. The status of submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention as at 8 May 1992, the closing date of the eighth session of the Committee, appears in annex I I I to the present report. pu th re li we I 54. pos1 BeL repl beel invi addi 55. to t 107in w Comrn -12Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library