III. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE CONVENTION 24. At its thirty-ninth and fortieth sessions, the Committee considered reports submitted by 14 States parties, under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The following reports were before the Committee at its thirty-ninth session and it adopted the respective concluding observations: Benin Second periodic CAT/C/BEN/2 CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 Estonia Fourth periodic CAT/C/80/Add.1 CAT/C/EST/CO/4 Latvia Second periodic CAT/C/38/Add.4 CAT/C/LVA/CO/2 Norway Fifth periodic CAT/C/81/Add.4 CAT/C/NOR/CO/5 and Corr.1 Portugal Fourth periodic CAT/C/67/Add.6 CAT/C/PRT/CO/4 Uzbekistan Third periodic CAT/C/UZB/3 CAT/C/UZB/CO/3 25. The following reports were before the Committee at its fortieth session and it adopted the following concluding observations: Algeria Third periodic CAT/C/DZA/3 CAT/C/DZA/CO/3 Australia Third periodic CAT/C/67/Add.7 CAT/C/AUS/CO/3 Costa Rica Second periodic CAT/C/CRI/2 CAT/C/CRI/CO/2 Iceland Third periodic CAT/C/ISL/3 CAT/C/ISL/CO/3 Indonesia Second periodic CAT/C/72/Add.1 CAT/C/IDN/CO/2 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Second periodic CAT/C/MKD/2 CAT/C/MKD/CO/2 Sweden Fifth periodic CAT/C/SWE/5 CAT/C/SWE/CO/5 Zambia Second periodic CAT/C/ZMB/2 CAT/C/ZMB/CO/2 26. In accordance with rule 66 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of each reporting State were invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their report was examined. All of the States parties whose reports were considered sent representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports. The Committee expressed its appreciation for this in its conclusions and recommendations. 27. Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs were designated by the Committee for each of the reports considered. The list appears in annex X to the present report. 5

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