E/CN.4/1993/26 page 11 28. The Special Rapporteur welcomes this reply and expresses the hope that an invitation will be extended to him. 29. In his previous report the Special Rapporteur mentioned that he had received an invitation from the Government of Djibouti to visit that country to carry out an objective and independent inquiry into a number of alleged cases of torture which had been transmitted to the Government. He also informed the Commission that due to a regrettable delay in communications this visit had to be postponed. By letter of 21 August 1992 he asked the Government of Djibouti whether the invitation was still valid and, if so, when the visit could take place. The Special Rapporteur has not yet received a reply from the Government of Djibouti. He wishes to repeat what he said last year: by extending this invitation to carry out an investigation the Government of Djibouti has set an example which may contribute to a more effective functioning of the Commission's mandate on torture. 30. Pursuant to resolution E/CN.4/1992/S-1/1 adopted by the Commission at its first special session in August 1992, the Special Rapporteur, at the invitation of the Commission's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, took part in his second mission from 12-22 October 1992. Those findings of the mission which are relevant to torture are reflected in chapter III.

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