1I. AC'rICM BY TUE 3ENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS FORTY -FIFTH SESSION al. This item was included in the agenda of the sixth session of the Committee so that it could consider the follow-up action given to its activities, on the basls of its annual reports submitted un~er article 24 of the Convention, by the General Assembly and other United Nations organs, and also consider other matters of interest. 22. The Committee took up this agenda item at its 82nd and 83rd meetings, he\d on a6 April 1991. A. Annual report submitted b¥ the Committee against Torture under article 24 of the Convention 23. The Committee had before it the dummary records of the Third Committee of the General Assembly covering the discussion of its annual report (A/C.3/45/SR.35-42) and General Assembly resolution 45/14~ of 14 December 1990 on the status of the Convention. 24. The Committee took note with intereEt of the views expressed during the discussion in the Third Committee of the General Assembly and of General Assembly resolution 45/142 which support the Committee in the development of its activities under the Convention. B. Participation iD the World Conference pn Human Right. 25. In connection with this sub-item, the Committee ha'~ before it General Assembly resolution 45/155 of 18 December 1990, by which the Assembly decided to convene at a high level a World Conference on Human Rights and, inter alii, encouraged the chairmen or other designated members of human rights expert bodies to take part in the work of the Preparatory Committee of the Conference scheduled to meet at the United Nations Office at Geneva in September 1991. The Committee also had before it Commission on Human Rights resolution 1991/30 of 5 March 1991, by which the Commission made a number of recommendations concerning the work of the Preparatory Committee of the Conference. 26. The Committee designated Ms. Chanet as its representative to the Preparatory Committee of the Conference and Ms. Diaz Palacios as its alternate representative and requested them to prepare a document for the Preparatory Committee's meeting in September and to take part in its work. 21. The Committee also suggested that the World Conference for Human Rights should draw particular attention to the issue of the publicity of the activities of treaty bodies. The view was expressed that the change of the format and presentation of annual reports of treaty bodies or the utilization of new technology in mass media, especially in the use of video systems, would help in promoting the dissemination of information on human rights. -fi -