CAT/C/52/2 Protocol. In particular, it believes that the focused and country-specific guidance which it can provide concerning its recommendations is essential in order to maximize the preventive impact of the grants made. The Subcommittee hopes that the Fund will continue to support projects that are essential for the effective prevention of torture and ill-treatment. III. Engagement with other bodies in the field of torture prevention A. 1. International cooperation Cooperation with other United Nations bodies 33. As provided for under the Optional Protocol, the Chairperson of the Subcommittee presented the sixth annual report of the Subcommittee (CAT/C/50/2) to the Committee against Torture at the Committee’s plenary meeting on 16 May 2013. The Subcommittee and the Committee also took advantage of their simultaneous sessions in Geneva in November 2013 to discuss a range of issues, both substantive and procedural, that are of mutual concern. 34. In conformity with General Assembly resolution 67/161, the Subcommittee Chairperson presented the sixth annual report of the Subcommittee to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, on 22 October 2013. That event also provided an opportunity for the Chairperson of the Subcommittee to meet with the Chairperson of the Committee against Torture and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, both of whom also addressed the General Assembly. 35. The Subcommittee has continued its active involvement in the annual Meeting of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies. The Chairperson of the Subcommittee was elected Vice-Chair of the twenty-fifth Meeting, held from 20 to 24 May 2013 in New York. As indicated in its sixth annual report, the Subcommittee endorsed the guidelines on the independence and impartiality of members of the human rights treaty bodies (the Addis Ababa guidelines) and adapted its rules of procedure to ensure they are in full conformity with the guidelines. It also adopted a statement on the treaty body strengthening process, which is available on the Subcommittee website. It also participated in numerous other OHCHR activities (see sect. II. E above). 36. The Subcommittee continued its cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and joined him, along with the Committee against Torture and the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, in issuing a statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June 2013. The Subcommittee was also delighted to meet with both the Special Rapporteur and the Committee against Torture in a public session during its twenty-first session. Also during its twenty-first session, the Subcommittee held its first meeting with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. 37. The Subcommittee continued its cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2. Cooperation with other relevant international organizations 38. The Subcommittee continued its cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross, particularly in the context of its field visits. 9