CAT/C/63/4 with articles 12 and 14 of the Optional Protocol, article 16 (4) provides a route for this to be formally addressed jointly with the Committee against Torture. 57. It is for the Subcommittee to determine, based on the facts of the situation, whether the State party has failed to cooperate within the meaning of article 16 (4). Where the Subcommittee does make such a determination, which of necessity will have included providing the State party in question with the opportunity to address or rectify the situation, the Subcommittee may seize the Committee against Torture of the situation, in accordance with article 16 (4), so that it may, after the State party has been allowed an opportunity to make its views known, add its voice by either making a public statement on the issue, publishing the report of the Subcommittee, or both. 58. Naturally, the Subcommittee hoped never to have occasion to activate article 16 (4). Nevertheless, during the reporting period the Subcommittee has for the first time explored a country situation with the Committee against Torture within the framework of article 16 (4). The State in question, further to its having made representations to the Committee, subsequently addressed the immediate concerns of the Subcommittee and, by agreeing to make the visit report public, rendered further consideration within the framework of article 16 (4) unnecessary. Naturally, the more general dialogue between the Subcommittee and the State party in question continues. D. Looking forward 59. In addition to its visiting mandate, the Subcommittee wishes to emphasize the importance it places on offering advice and assistance to States parties, national preventive mechanisms and, upon request, to signatories and others, including other United Nations agencies and mechanisms, concerning the Optional Protocol and prevention of torture. 60. However, there are limits to what can be done, given the limited human and financial resources currently available to the Subcommittee. In particular, at the end of the reporting period, the levels of staffing and the pressure on staff and members, is as acute as it has ever been. As a result, and with great regret, the Subcommittee recognizes that it is not possible to continue its current level of work and will have to undertake fewer visits during the coming period. It is the first time the Subcommittee has had to retrench in this way, and it marks a failure of the international community to properly support the work of preventing torture, which is lamentable. 61. The Subcommittee is committed to its mandate. It will therefore seek to work creatively, as it has done in the past, in order to ensure that its ability to carry out its own preventive visiting, undertake effective dialogue, advise and assist States in the establishment of national preventive mechanisms and support those mechanisms in their vital work. That will include further review and potential revision of current approaches and working practices, including exploring the operational implications of articles 16 (4) and 31 of the Optional Protocol. E. Plan of work 62. The Subcommittee has already announced visits to Belize, Burundi, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Poland, Portugal, Senegal and Uruguay in the coming months. Further announcements will be made following its future sessions. 11