In page 17, paragraph 6, we believe it would be better to say that the Rapporteur and her team have heard that during the year 2000, fifty (50) prison officers died of AIDS, being important to make reference to the fact that no AIDS test was undertaken in prisons and also that neither the guards or the prisoners were submitted to an autopsy in order to fully ascertain whether AIDS was the cause of deaths. This is only a clarification because if the prisoners were not submitted to any AIDS tests it is not known whether the guards who died in the year 2000 were infected by the disease. On the other hand, the Ministry of Health has no record of that number of deaths. These are the comments regarding the report. We take this occasion to inform you that the Ministry of Justice had already realized a Study regarding prison conditions in the country. The report was undertaken by consultants financed by UNDP. Terms of Reference were then compiled for a Prison Policy in Mozambique, based in the experience, grants provided by seminars on Reform of the Prison Sector, experiences of other country and the specific needs of the country. A proposal for a Prison System Policy has already been finalized and it will be submitted to the Council of Ministers for approval. Maputo, 27th September 2001. The Minister of Justice ANNEX List of foreigners interviewed Machava Maximum Security Prison Mr. Paulo Alexandre De Oliveira, Portugal Mr. Joseph Dike, Nigeria Mr. Shabane Maulid Abdul, Tanzania Mr. Jerry Hona Mudlli, South Africa Mr. Majahonke Hatjyoayo, Swaziland Mr. Malingo Mulcuk-u, DR Congo Mr. Ganyua Mwimule, DR Congo Mr. Dean Jerry Butt, Great-Britain Maputo Civil Prison Ms. Maxim Jones Mr. Manuel A Iface Do Santos, Portugal Mr. Solomon Berhane Asmelash, Eritrea Mr. Ezra Yesaya Mwakasila, Tanzania Twaha Ally, Tanzania Jose Ibrahim Abudo Tete Maximum Security Prison The or 'gala( of Mme comments was m Pot tugsrese Mr. Daahir Sheekh Mohamed, Somalia Mr. Abdi lise Maamud, Somalia Mr. Muhadj Mikidadi, Burundi Mr. Maulid Mfaume, Burundi Mr Manyongo, Burundi Mr. Musa, Burundi Mr. Frasis Ramadhani, Burundi Tete Provincial Prison Mr. Charles Harm, Tanzania Mr. Jean-Pierre Makaya, DR Congo Kingstone Mataranyika, Zimbabwe 44 45