A/74/44 reviews by two country rapporteurs only, the Committee could in principle undertake five simultaneous review processes in five regions. If each team of two rapporteurs were to review three countries each, 15 country reviews could be conducted during a single session. Under such a model, the drafting and adoption of concluding observations would need to take place during a subsequent plenary session, probably in Geneva, one to two weeks after the regional reviews. Holding three sessions a year would imply a capacity to review 45 State party reports each year, which is very close to the current requirement to cope with 193 States parties reporting every four years (48.25 reports per year). Late and non-reporting States 16. The Committee does not believe that scheduling reviews in a consolidated calendar will in itself motivate late- and non-reporting States to report, particularly if reports are also consolidated and must cover several or all treaties. Rather, in the Committee’s experience, individually negotiated arrangements, such as videoconferences and some flexibility in the scheduling of the review, have led to better reporting compliance. As mentioned, the Committee also has positive experience of offering the simplified reporting procedure to late- and non-reporting States. 17. On one occasion, a review of a State party report took place by means of a goodquality video link. While this solution is not ideal and should not be abused, it could be acceptable under certain conditions and allow for reviews to proceed that would otherwise be halted by resource constraints in the State party. In order to enable States to involve governmental experts who cannot be physically present at the review, the use of technology needs to be supported. Videoconferencing can significantly lower the national costs of engaging with the treaty bodies and can be effectively used mainly by countries located in a similar time zone to Geneva, such as a number of African States. Maximum number of session weeks 18. The Committee is of the view that approximately 12 session weeks is the maximum for most of its members. Strengthening work and increasing capacity 19. The Committee is of the opinion that reviews undertaken in the regions would strengthen the work of the treaty bodies and, if conducted in country teams, would substantially increase the review capacity of the Committee, enabling it to deal with 45–50 State party reports per year, compared to the current capacity of 18 reports per year. GE.19-11030(E)  19