A/74/44 I. Organizational and other matters A. States parties to the Convention 1. As at 17 May 2019, the closing date of the sixty-sixth session of the Committee against Torture, there were 166 States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 39/46 and entered into force on 26 June 1987. 2. Since the adoption of the Committee’s previous annual report, Bahamas and Gambia ratified the Convention on 31 May 2018 and 28 September 2018 respectively. Samoa acceded to the Convention on 28 March 2019. The Committee calls upon all States that have not ratified the Convention to do so, and calls upon those that are already a party to accept all the procedures of the Convention, in order to enable the Committee to fulfil all aspects of its mandate. 3. All information on the status of the treaty, including declarations under articles 20, 21 and 22 and reservations and objections made by States parties with respect to the Convention, can be found at http://treaties.un.org. B. Sessions and agendas of the Committee 4. The Committee has held three sessions since the adoption of its previous annual report. The sixty-fourth session (1654th to 1680th meetings) was held from 23 July to 10 August 2018, the sixty-fifth session (1681st to 1719th meetings) from 12 November to 7 December 2018 and the sixty-sixth session (1720th to 1757th meetings) from 23 April to 17 May 2019. Sessions were held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. 5. At its 1654th meeting, held on 23 July 2018, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/64/1) as the agenda of its sixty-fourth session. 6. At its 1681st meeting, held on 12 November 2018, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/65/1) as the agenda of its sixty-fifth session. 7. At its 1720th meeting, held on 23 April 2019, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/66/1) as the agenda of its sixty-sixth session. 8. An account of the deliberations and decisions of the Committee at those three sessions is contained in the relevant summary records (CAT/C/SR.1654–1757). C. Membership, officers and mandates 9. The list of members, officers and mandates from 19 May 2018 is contained in annex I to the present document. D. Oral report of the Chair to the General Assembly 10. In accordance with paragraph 35 of General Assembly resolution 68/156, on 15 October 2018 the Chair of the Committee presented an oral report to and engaged in an interactive dialogue with the Assembly at its seventy-third session (see the Committee web page, hosted on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), www.ohchr.org). 1