A/67/44 for a comprehensive reporting calendar. Also discussed was the strengthening of: (i) the membership of treaty bodies; (ii) the preparation of States parties’ reports; and (iii) the dialogue between States parties and the treaty bodies. H. Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly 12. Further to the invitation to the Chairperson of the Committee to present an oral report on the work of the Committee and to engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session under the sub-item entitled “Implementation of human rights instruments” (General Assembly resolution 65/205, para. 28), the Chairperson of the Committee presented an oral report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on 18 October 2011. The oral report may be found on the OHCHR website (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm). I. Activities of the Committee in connection with the Optional Protocol to the Convention 13. As at 1 June 2012, there were 63 States parties to the Optional Protocol (see annex V to the present report). As required by the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on 16 November 2011, a joint meeting was held between the members of the Committee and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture (hereinafter “the Subcommittee on Prevention”). Both the Committee and the Subcommittee on Prevention (membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention is included in annex VI) further discussed the strengthening of the modalities for cooperation, such as the mutual sharing of information, taking into account confidentiality requirements. 14. A further meeting was held between the Committee and the Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention on 8 May 2012 where the latter submitted its fifth public annual report to the Committee (CAT/C/48/3). The Committee decided to include it in the present annual report (see annex VII) and to transmit it to the General Assembly. J. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 15. A joint statement with the Subcommittee on Prevention, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture was adopted to be issued on 26 June 2011, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (see annex VIII to the present report). K. Informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention 16. At its forty-eighth session, on 14 May 2012, the Committee held an informal meeting with States parties to the Convention, which was attended by representatives of 32 States parties. The Committee and the States parties discussed the following issues: the methods of work of the Committee; the harmonization of working methods between treaty bodies; the optional reporting procedure of the Committee, which consists of lists of issues to be transmitted prior to the submission of periodic reports; and general comments. 4 GE.12-44492