111. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION four' to rl sent sess: Action taken by the Committee to ensure the submission of reports Seventh session 46. 42. The Committee, at its 88th meeting, held on 11 November 1991, considered the status of submission of reports under article 19 of the Convention. The Committee had before it the following documents: (a) Note by the Secretary-General concerning the initial reports of 27 States parties which were due in 1988 (CAT/C/5); (b) Note by the Secretary-General concerning the initial reports of 10 States parties which were due in 1989 (CAT/C/7); (c) Note by the Secretary-General concerning the initial reports of 11 States parties which were due in 1990 (CAT/C/9); (d) Note by the Secretary-General concerning the initial reports of 7 States parties which were due in 1991 (CAT/C/12). In accordance with a decision adopted at its 83rd meeting, on 29 April 1991, the Committee resumed discussion on possible ways to draw the attention of States parties to the importance of adequate and timely submission of their reports in fulfilment of their obligations under article 19 of the Convention. 43. 44. In addition to the practice of sending regularly reminders to States parties whose reports were overdue, the Committee agreed that in the future, in the case of non-reply to a certain number of those reminders, the Chairman of the Committee should address a letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State concerned. If there was no reply to that letter, the Committee could then adopt a decision, noting and regretting that the State party concerned was not complying with the obligations it had freely assumed under the Convention. That decision would be forwarded to the State party concerned and also made public. For the time being, in the case of Togo and Uganda, whose reports had been due in 1988 but had not yet been received, the Committee decided to request those States parties, through the Secretary-General, to submit their initial and first complementary reports in a single document. Accordingly, by notes verbales dated 31 December 1991, the Secretary-General brought the Committee's decision to the attention of the two States parties concerned. 45. In accordance with rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee also decided to request 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. Accordingly, fourth reminders were sent by the Secretary-General to Guyana and Peru, first reminders were sent to Brazil, Guinea and Poland and second reminders were sent to Italy and Portugal concerning their initial reports; a second reminder was also sent to China, which had been requested by the Committee at its -10Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library consj ConvE Commi initi otheI in tb 47. were sect. Afgha of Gr (CAT/ infor secon 48. recei' were. in 19 ' whose New ZI overdl 49. reminc more 50. 'J autom2 reques its ru provid 51. I sevent of rem connec were m repres, Missio: * the Cor