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F.
Agendas
8.
At its 896th meeting, on 2 November 2009, the Committee adopted the items listed
in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/43/1) as the agenda
of its forty-third session.
9.
At its 926th meeting, on 26 April 2010, the Committee adopted the items listed in
the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/44/1) as the agenda of
its forty-fourth session.
G.
Participation of Committee members in other meetings
10.
During the period under consideration, Committee members participated in different
meetings organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR): the ninth inter-committee meeting, held from 29 June to 1 July 2009,
was attended by Ms. Gaer, Mr. Fernando Mariño and Mr. Grossman; the latter also
participated in the twenty-first meeting of chairpersons held on 2 and 3 July 2009. The
tenth inter-committee meeting, held from 30 November to 2 December 2009, was attended
by Ms. Gaer and Mr. Wang.
H.
Oral report of the Chairperson to the General Assembly
11.
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-fourth session under the sub-item entitled “Implementation of
human rights instruments” (General Assembly resolution 63/166, para. 27), the Chairperson
of the Committee presented an oral report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth
session on 20 October 2009. 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
12.
As at 14 May 2010, there were 50 States parties to the Optional Protocol (see annex
V to the present report). As required by the Optional Protocol to the Convention, on 17
November 2009, 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) agreed on modalities for cooperation,
such as the mutual sharing of information, taking into account confidentiality requirements.
13.
The informal contact group consisting of members of the Committee and the
Subcommittee on Prevention continued to facilitate the communication between both treaty
bodies. A further meeting was held between the Committee and the Subcommittee on
Prevention on 11 May 2010 where the latter submitted its third public annual report to the
Committee (CAT/C/44/2). The Committee decided to include it in the present annual report
(see annex VII) and to transmit it to the General Assembly.
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