A/71/44 Party Country rapporteurs Report Concluding observations Israel Jens Modvig Sapana PradhanMallah Fifth periodic report (CAT/C/ISR/5) CAT/C/ISR/CO/5 France Alessio Bruni Jens Modvig Seventh periodic report (CAT/C/FRA/7) CAT/C/FRA/CO/7 Philippines Sapana PradhanMallah Essadia Belmir Third periodic report (CAT/C/PHL/3) CAT/C/PHL/CO/3 Saudi Arabia Felice Gaer Kening Zhang Second periodic report (CAT/C/SAU/2) CAT/C/SAU/CO/2 Tunisia Essadia Belmir Kening Zhang Third periodic report (CAT/C/TUN/3 and Add.1) CAT/C/TUN/CO/3 Turkey Alessio Bruni Felice Gaer Fourth periodic report (CAT/C/TUR/4) CAT/C/TUR/CO/4 41. In accordance with rule 68 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of each reporting State were invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their report was examined. All of the States parties whose reports were considered sent representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports. The Committee expressed its appreciation for this in its concluding observations. 42. Two country rapporteurs were designated by the Committee for each of the reports considered, as reflected in the tables above. IV. Follow-up to concluding observations on States parties’ reports 43. At its thirtieth session, in May 2003, the Committee developed a procedure to provide for follow-up subsequent to the adoption of the concluding observations on reports of States parties under article 19 of the Convention. 4 The Committee has presented information in each of its annual reports thereafter, outlining its experience in receiving information on follow-up measures taken by States parties, including substantive trends and further modifications it has made in the procedure. A more detailed description of the procedure can be found in the guidelines for follow-up to concluding observations, adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session.5 44. In accordance with its rules of procedure, the Committee established the post of Rapporteur for follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention. Over the period covered by the present annual report, Mr. Modvig continued to fill that post.6 However, in view of the election of Mr. Modvig to Chair of the Committee, Mr. Hani _________________ 4 5 6 10 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/58/44), para. 12. CAT/C/55/3. Ibid., para. 9. GE.16-13567