CONTENTS Chapter I. II. III. Paragraphs Page ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS .................... 1 - 13 1 A. States parties to the Convention ....................................... 1-3 1 B. Sessions of the Committee ............................................... 4 1 C. Membership and attendance at sessions ........................... 5 1 D. Solemn declaration by the newly elected and re-elected members ........................................................... 6 1 E. Election of officers ........................................................... 7 2 F. Agendas ............................................................................ 8-9 2 G. Pre-sessional working group ............................................ 10 2 H. Participation of Committee members in other meetings ............................................................................ 11 2 I. General comments ............................................................ 12 2 J. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture ......... 13 2 SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION ..................... 14 - 17 5 CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION ..................... 18 - 37 6 Austria ........................................................................................ 24 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina ............................................................. 25 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo ............................................ 26 17 Ecuador ....................................................................................... 27 20 GE.06-44595 (E) 061106 iii