overdue: Afghanistan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic Kenya, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Mali, of), Jamaica, Netherlands (with respect to the Netherlands Antilles), New Zealand (with respect to the Cook Islands), Peru, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela and Zambia; and to the Governments of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, the Gambia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritius, Mongolia, New Zealand, Romania, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia, whose third periodic reports were overdue. mrtv-first session 37. The Committee was informed that the initial third periodic reports of Colombia and Mongolia report of the Sudan and the had been received. 38. In view of the growing number of outstanding State party reports, the Committee agreed that members of the Bureau as well as several members of the Committee should meet in New York with the Permanent Representatives of all States parties to whom two or more reminders had been sent in connection with their overdue reports. Accordingly, contacts were made with the Permanent Representatives of Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, Kl Salvador, Gabon, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Mali, the Netherlands (with respect to the Netherlands Antilles), New Zealand, Peru, Romania, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and Yugoslavia, who agreed to convey the Committee’s concerns to their Governments. Since it was not possible to establish contact with the Permanent Representatives of Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Congo, the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Committee requested a former Chairman of the Committee, who is also the Permanent Representative of his country to the United Nations, to pursue the establishment of contacts with the above-mentioned representatives subsequent to the conclusion of the Committee’s session. In addition, the Committee decided to send reminders to all States whose initial reports or second or third periodic reports should have been submitted before the end of the forty-first session. Initial reports were overdue from Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Ireland and the Niger-r second periodic reports were overdue from Afghanistan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the COngO, Cyprus, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, the Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Mali, New Zealand (with respect to the Cook Islands), Peru, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, the United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela and Zambia; and third periodic reports from Barbados, Bulgaria, Cyprus. Denmark , El Salvador, the Gambia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritius, New Zealand, Romania, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. 39. -9-