A/59/324 6. With respect to fact-finding missions, the Special Rapporteur expected to undertake a two-week mission to China at the end of June 2004. However, it was postponed at the request of the Government until later in the year. The Special Rapporteur continued to actively consider invitations for fact-finding visits extended by the Governments of Bolivia, Georgia, Nepal and Paraguay. These visits have not yet materialized for reasons beyond the control of the Governments concerned. He regrets that his earlier requests to visit Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, India, Indonesia, Israel, the Russian Federation with respect to the Republic of Chechnya, Tunisia and Turkmenistan have not yet led to results. In January 2004, a request was made jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health to visit the naval base of the United States of America at Guantanamo Bay. 7. The Special Rapporteur issued press statements concerning reports of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by Coalition Forces (3 May 2004), and the announcement of the postponement of his visit to China (16 June 2004). He also issued several press statements jointly with other special procedures mandate-holders, including on the human rights situation in Nepal (9 March and 14 July 2004) and on widespread abuses in the Darfur region of the Sudan (26 March 2004), and an appeal to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to comply with human rights norms in the case of the investigation into the death of a journalist (27 July 2004). 8. On 26 February 2004, the Special Rapporteur made a presentation on the occasion of the award of the 2004 Prize of the Foundation for Geneva to the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the World Organization against Torture. 9. From 25 to 27 April 2004, the Special Rapporteur participated in a training seminar organized by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on international and domestic obligations regarding the treatment of detainees and prisoners. In addition to the Special Rapporteur, representatives of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and local legal experts made presentations. 10. On 18 May 2004, the Special Rapporteur was honoured for his career and leadership in the field of human rights, and for his role as the Special Rapporteur on torture by the Bellevue Hospital/New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, an organization which has provided multidisciplinary treatment services to more than 1,000 survivors of torture from 70 countries. 11. From 21 to 25 June 2004, the Special Rapporteur chaired the eleventh meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures of the Commission on Human Rights and of the advisory services programme. The report of that meeting is contained in document E/CN.4/2005/5. 12. On 26 June 2004, on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Committee against Torture, the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and the Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a joint statement. 4