A/75/44 invitation to submit their next report, due in 2020, under that procedure: Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Ireland, Panama, Paraguay and the Republic of Korea. It also adopted a list of issues prior to reporting with regard to one State party, Mali, that had accepted the simplified reporting procedure for overdue initial reports. 28. In the Committee’s view, the fact that only 4 of the 137 States parties that are at the periodic reporting stage declined to report under the simplified reporting procedure indicates the success of the procedure. Of the other 133 States parties, 105 have expressly accepted to report under it and the remaining 28 have not yet answered or have not yet been invited to report under it. In addition, the fact that other treaty bodies have also adopted that procedure indicates its clear added value for the reporting system. Since 2016, a number of States with long-overdue initial reports have been offered the simplified reporting procedure. In the period under review, Malawi and Somalia submitted such reports, and Botswana and Mali accepted the simplified procedure for their overdue initial reports (see sect. II.D). 29. Updated information relating to the procedure is available from a dedicated web page (www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CAT/Pages/ReportingProcedures.aspx). C. Reminders for overdue initial and periodic reports 30. At its fifty-third session, the Committee decided to send reminders to all States parties whose initial reports were overdue and to all States parties whose periodic reports were four or more years overdue. 31. The Committee drew the attention of those States parties to the fact that delays in reporting seriously hampered the implementation of the Convention in the States parties and the ability of the Committee to carry out its function of monitoring that implementation. The Committee requested information on the progress made by those States parties in fulfilling their reporting obligations and on any obstacles that they might be facing in that respect. It also informed them that, in accordance with rule 67 of its rules of procedure, the Committee might proceed with a review of the implementation of the Convention in the State party in the absence of a report, and that the review would be carried out on the basis of information that was available to the Committee, including sources from outside the United Nations. In its annual reports, the Committee also reminds States parties of their reporting obligations under the Convention. At its sixty-third session, the Committee held a meeting with States with long-overdue initial reports so as to receive their feedback on the challenges they faced in the drafting of initial reports and related needs. The Committee reiterates its support for the Convention against Torture Initiative, which is actively engaged in the universal ratification of the Convention and its full implementation, including the compliance of States with their reporting obligations. The Committee attended several activities organized by the Convention against Torture Initiative. D. Examination of measures taken by a State party in the absence of a report 32. The Committee continued to take action with regard to States parties whose initial reports were long overdue, in accordance with the decision taken at its fifty-second session to do so (A/69/44, para. 46). The Committee followed its well-established practice of sending specific reminders to States parties to remind them to submit their long-overdue initial reports and to offer them the simplified reporting procedure. If they did not accept the simplified reporting procedure or if initial reports were not received pursuant to article 67 of its rules of procedure, the Committee arranged to conduct, at a future session, an examination, in the absence of a report. As at 15 May 2020, 13 States with long-overdue initial reports (Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte dʼIvoire, the Dominican Republic, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, the Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles and Somalia) had been offered the simplified reporting procedure,1 and the Committee had examined the situation of two of 1 6 See A/69/44, para. 46; A/70/44, para. 40; A/71/44, para. 35; A/72/44, para. 34; A/73/44, para. 34; and A/74/44, para. 33.