CPT: 14TH GENERAL REPORT 22. During its March 2004 meeting, the CPT elected a new Bureau for a period of two years. Ms Silvia CASALE, a British criminologist, was reelected for a third term of office as President of the Committee. Mr Andres LEHTMETS, an Estonian psychiatrist, was re-elected for a second term of office as First Vice-President and Mr Marc NÈVE, a Belgian lawyer, was elected as Second Vice-President. 23. As regards professional expertise within the CPT, the number of members with a medical background remains not quite on a par with that of lawyers in the Committee. Further, there are still not enough members with practical experience of prison work or with expertise in child psychiatry, and it would be desirable to have more members with first-hand knowledge of the work of law enforcement agencies and of immigration issues. One or more members with extensive nursing experience would also be a considerable asset to the Committee. The CPT hopes that these remarks will be kept in mind in the process of filling vacant seats in the Committee. 13 Administrative and budgetary questions 24. In previous General Reports, the CPT has emphasised the need for the considerable expansion of its field of operations in recent years to be matched by a corresponding increase in its human and financial resources. There have been positive developments in this regard in recent months. Following decisions taken in the context of the adoption of the Council of Europe’s 2004 Budget, two vacant posts (one B2 and one A2/A3) were redeployed to the CPT’s Secretariat in the first half of the year. The B2 post was filled in mid-July 2004 and it is expected that the additional A2/A3 official will take up his/her duties on 1 November. Further, another A-grade post, vacant for some months within the CPT’s Secretariat, will also be filled in the autumn of 2004. This will make it possible to increase the number of visit days in 2005 to 185, and the CPT hopes that the long-standing target of 200 visit days per year will finally be reached in 2006. This is the volume of visit days required to cope effectively with the workload generated by 45 Parties to the Convention. In his memorandum “Priorities for 2005 – Budgetary implications” of 1 April 2004, the Secretary General proposed that the CPT be allocated appropriations for 185 visit days in 2005 as well as an additional B4 post. The Committee very much hopes that those proposals will be accepted.