- 10 3. Election of the officers of the Committee. 4. Adoption of the agenda. 5. Organizational and other matters. 6. Submission of reports by States parties under article 19 of the Convention. 7. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention. 8. Consideration of information under article 20 of the Convention. 9. Consideration of communications under article 22 of the Convention. 10. Action by the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-eighth session. 11. Annual report of the Committee on its activities. 12. The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) in the light of the Convention. G. Working group 11. At its twenty-fifth session in November 2000, the Committee decided, in accordance with rules 61 and 106 of its rules of procedure, to establish, starting with the 2002-2003 biennium, a working group composed of four of its members that would meet for a five-day session during the week preceding each Committee session. The General Assembly, by resolution 56/143 of 19 December 2001 entitled “Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”, approved that request. 12. Prior to the twenty-eighth session, the working group met from 22 to 26 April 2002 in order to consider communications under article 22 of the Convention and make recommendations to the Committee. The working group was composed of Mr. Burns, Mr. Camara, Mr. González Poblete and Mr. Yakovlev. H. Cooperation between the Committee and the Special Rapporteur on torture of the Commission on Human Rights 13. A meeting was held on 15 May 2002 between the Committee and the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on torture of the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Theodor van Boven. The Committee and the Special Rapporteur exchanged views on their respective mandates and activities. They agreed to continue exchanging information and to enhance their cooperation and coordination, especially with respect to: (a) countries visited by the Special Rapporteur or under

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