- 18 22. The Committee expressed concern at the number of States parties which did not comply with their reporting obligations. With regard in particular to States parties whose reports were more than four years overdue, the Committee deplored the continued failure of those States parties to comply with the obligations they had freely assumed under the Convention. The Committee stressed that it had the duty to monitor the implementation of the Convention and that the non-compliance of a State party with its reporting obligations constituted an infringement of the provisions of the Convention. As a result it decided to request two of its members, Mr. Mariño and Mr. Rasmussen, to make proposals at the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on ways and means to facilitate the submission of overdue reports by States parties. 23. The status of submission of reports as at 17 May 2002, the closing date of the twenty-eighth session of the Committee, appears in annex V to the present report. III. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION 24. At its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions, the Committee considered reports submitted by 12 States parties, under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The following reports were before the Committee at its twenty-seventh session: Benin: initial report Indonesia: initial report Israel: third periodic report Ukraine: fourth periodic report Zambia: initial report 25. CAT/C/21/Add.3 CAT/C/47/Add.3 CAT/C/54/Add.1 CAT/C/55/Add.1 CAT/C/47/Add.2 The following reports were before the Committee at its twenty-eighth session: Denmark: fourth periodic report Luxembourg: third periodic report Norway: fourth periodic report Russian Federation: third periodic report Saudi Arabia: initial report Sweden: fourth periodic report Uzbekistan: second periodic report CAT/C/55/Add.2 CAT/C/34/Add.14 CAT/C/55/Add.4 CAT/C/34/Add.15 CAT/C/42/Add.2 CAT/C/55/Add.3 CAT/C/53/Add.1 26. In accordance with rule 66 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of all the reporting States were invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their reports were examined. All of the States parties whose reports were considered sent representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports. The report of Saudi Arabia, which had initially been scheduled for consideration at the twenty-seventh session, was postponed at the request of the State party, which was unable to send a delegation to that session. Similarly, the report of Venezuela, which had been scheduled for consideration at the twenty-eighth session, was postponed to the twenty-ninth session at the request of the State party which was unable to send a delegation to the twenty-eighth session.