V. CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION RECEIVED UNDER ARTICLE 20 or TIll Cc.vENTION 291. In accordance with article 20, pa..'aCjJraph 1, of the Convention, if the Committee rec6ives reliable information which appears to it to contain well-founded indications that tOlture is beinCjJ systomatically practised in the territory of a State party, the Committee shall invitd that State party to cooperate in the examination of the information and, to this end, to submit observations with reCjJaru to the information concerned. 292. In accordance with rule 69 of the Committee's rules of procedure, the Secretary-General shall bring to the attention of the Committee informatio~ which is, or appears to be, submitted for the Committee's consideration under article 20, paraCjJraph 1, of the Convention. 293. No information shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State party which, in accordance with article 28, paragraph 1, of the Convention, declared at the time of ratitication of or accession to the Convention that it did not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in article 2~, unless that State party has subsequently with~rawn its reservation in accordance with article 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention. 294. Tbe Secretary-General, in pursuance of rule 69 of the rules of procedure, brouqht to the attention of the Committee at its fourtb session information that had been submitted for the Committee's consideration under article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The COIRmittee's wort under article 20 of the Convention thus commenced at its fourth session and continued at its fifth and sixth sessions. The Committee devoted four closed meetings during its fourth and fifth sessions and three closed ~eetinqs durinq the sixth session to its activities under that article. 295. In accordauce with the provisions of article 20 and rules 12 and 73 of the rules of procedure, all documents and proceedings of the Committee relatinq to its functions under article 20 of the Convention are confidential and all the meetinqs concerninq its proceedings under that article are closed. -54-