CAT/C/54/2 its operation. In the meantime, the Subcommittee stands ready to assist in the operation of the Fund in any way which might properly and usefully contribute to its effective functioning. III. Engagement with other bodies in the field of torture prevention A. 1. International cooperation Cooperation with other United Nations bodies 33. The Chairperson of the Subcommittee presented the seventh annual report of the Subcommittee (CAT/C/52/2) to the plenary meeting of Committee against Torture on 9 May 2014. The Subcommittee and Committee met jointly in Geneva in November 2014 to discuss a range of issues, both substantive and procedural, that are of mutual concern. 34. In conformity with General Assembly resolution 68/156, and together with the Chairperson of the Committee against Torture and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, who presented their respective reports, the Subcommittee Chairperson presented the seventh annual report of the Subcommittee to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session, on 21 October 2014. 35. The Subcommittee has continued its active involvement in the annual Meeting of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies. The Chairperson of the Subcommittee was elected Chair of the twenty-sixth Meeting, held in Geneva from 23 to 27 June 2014. During the course of the year the Subcommittee also adopted a statement on the treaty body strengthening process, available on the Subcommittee website, and discussed the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/268. The Subcommittee continues to monitor its activities to ensure conformity with the Guidelines on the independence and impartiality of members of the human rights treaty bodies. It also participated in numerous other OHCHR activities. 36. The Subcommittee joined with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, the Committee against Torture and the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture in issuing a statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June 2014). The Subcommittee, at its twenty-fourth session, also met with the Special Rapporteur and the Committee against Torture in a public session. It should be noted that the Subcommittee now systematically transmits to the Committee against Torture its recommendations concerning States parties to the Optional Protocol whose reports are to be considered at forthcoming Committee against Torture sessions. 37. On 4 April 2014, the Subcommittee attended a plenary session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in order to share the Subcommittee’s experience regarding its work with NPMs and to discuss areas of cooperation. The Subcommittee also exchanged information of common interest with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at the consultation held from 1 to 3 September 2014. 38. The Subcommittee continued its cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, including a meeting during the Subcommittee’s twenty-third session; the World Health Organization; and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with the participation of a Subcommittee member in the third meeting of the open- 8