E/CN.4/1992/17 page 5 no formal reaction from the Governments of Peru (visited in April 1988), Guatemala or Honduras (both visited in September 1989). He reminded the three Governments of his request for such reaction by letters dated 17 and 21 October 1991, recalling paragraph 18 of resolution 1991/38, in which the Commission on Human Rights expressed its thanks to the Governments which invited the Special Rapporteur to visit their country and requested them to give due consideration to his recommendations and to keep him informed of action taken thereon. In this context the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw attention to information provided by the Government of Peru to the Centre for Human Rights on some measures which have been taken and which are relevant to his mandate. This information is also reflected in chapter III below. 18. In April 1991 the Special Rapporteur had informal discussions with the Chairman and with members of the Committee against Torture. He also had a formal meeting with the Board of the Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, of the Council of Europe, provided the Special Rapporteur with reports on the visit the Committee paid to Austria and to Denmark; these reports were published with the consent of the Governments concerned. The Special Rapporteur is of the opinion that a continuing exchange of information between the various mechanisms and bodies entrusted with the task of combating torture will enhance their effectiveness. 19. During the first session of the Preparatory Committee of the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Geneva from 9 to 13 September 1991, the representative of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances drew the attention of participants to what he described as the "system overload" of the Special Procedures Section of the Centre for Human Rights. He pointed out that the number of special procedures serviced by the Section had increased in six years from 6 to 16, but that the number of staff assigned to service these procedures had far from kept pace with this increase. This disproportion will inevitably have negative effects on the quality of implementation of the various mandates. The Special Rapporteur shares this concern. The wider the mandate becomes known, the larger the volume of work it entails, as more processing of information and more correspondence with Governments is required. The Special Rapporteur feels that, as a matter of high priority, measures have to be taken in order to enable the special procedures established by the Commission to continue to function adequately and effectively.