CAT/C/48/3 10. The Subcommittee also revised its allocation of internal responsibilities, largely to reflect, support and encourage its growing engagement with national and regional partners. A new system of regional focal points was also put in place. The role of these focal points is to undertake liaison and facilitate coordination of the Subcommittee’s engagement within the regions they serve. Focal points for Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America were appointed at the fourteenth session and are as follows: Africa: Fortuné Zongo, AsiaPacific: Lowell Goddard, Europe: Mari Amos, Latin America: Victor Rodríguez-Rescia. Likewise, a new system of regional task forces on national preventive mechanisms has been established. Under the leadership of the Subcommittee Chairperson and Subcommittee Vice-Chairperson on National Preventive Mechanisms, and under the responsibility of the above focal points, each regional task force is responsible for work on NPM-related matters. Furthermore, the Subcommittee decided to establish working groups on dialogue arising from visits under the leadership of the Subcommittee vice-Chair for visits as well as a working group on security matters and a working group on medical issues. Further information on these developments is provided in chapter IV, section A, below. C. Visits conducted during the reporting period 11. The Subcommittee carried out three visits in 2011. From 16 to 25 May 2011, it visited Ukraine, the second country visited by the Subcommittee in Europe (following the visit to Sweden in March 2008). 12. From 19 to 30 September 2011, the Subcommittee visited Brazil, the fifth country visited by the Subcommittee in Latin America (following the visits to Mexico in AugustSeptember 2008, to Paraguay in March 2009, to Honduras in September 2009 and to Bolivia in August-September 2010). 13. From 5 to 14 December 2011, the Subcommittee visited Mali, the fourth country visited by the Subcommittee in Africa (following the visits to Mauritius in October 2007, to Benin in May 2008 and to Liberia in December 2010). 14. Further summary information on all these visits, including lists of places visited, may be found in the press releases issued following each visit and which are available on the Subcommittee’s website. D. Dialogue arising from visits, including publication of the Subcommittee’s reports by States parties 15. Six Subcommittee visit reports have been made public following a request from the State party (Benin, Honduras, Maldives, Mexico, Paraguay and Sweden), as provided for under article 16, paragraph 2, of the Optional Protocol, including one in the reporting period: Benin (in January 2011). Four replies (from Benin, Mexico, Paraguay and Sweden) have also been made public at the request of the State party, including Benin and Mexico during the reporting period (in January and October 2011). 16. In conformity with past practice, the Subcommittee systematized its practice regarding the formal elements of its dialogue arising from its visits. States parties are requested to provide a reply within a six-month deadline giving a full account of action taken to implement the recommendations contained in the visit report. At the time of the submission of the present report, 7 out of 13 States parties visited by the Subcommittee had provided replies: Mauritius in December 2008; Sweden in January 2009; Paraguay in March 2010, Benin in January 2011, Lebanon (partial reply) in January 2011, Mexico in October 2011 and Bolivia in November 2011. The replies from Bolivia, Lebanon and Mauritius remain confidential, while those from Benin, Mexico, Paraguay and Sweden 5