CAT/C/63/4 D. Dialogue arising from visits, including publication of the Subcommittee’s reports by States parties and national preventive mechanisms 17. The substantive aspects of the dialogue arising from visits are confidential. Reports are made public only with the consent of the recipient. By the end of 2017, the Subcommittee had transmitted a total of 65 visit reports to States parties and national preventive mechanisms, including 14 within the reporting period to: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cyprus (State party and national preventive mechanism), Hungary (national preventive mechanism), Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mozambique (State party and national preventive mechanism), Niger, Panama, Romania, Tunisia (State party and national preventive mechanism) and Ukraine. A total of 34 visit reports have been made public following requests from States parties or national preventive mechanisms under article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol, including 5 in 2017, namely, the reports addressed to the State party arising from the visits of the Subcommittee to Cyprus (State party), Romania, Togo, Tunisia (national preventive mechanism) and Ukraine and the report addressed to the national preventive mechanism of Tunisia. While fully respecting the principle and right of confidentiality provided for in the Optional Protocol, the Subcommittee welcomes the increasing number of visit reports that are being published, believing that this reflects the spirit of transparency on which preventive visiting is based and facilitates better implementation of the respective recommendations. The Subcommittee encourages the recipients of reports to request their publication. 18. In conformity with established practice, the recipients of reports are requested to submit a written reply within six months of their transmission, giving a full account of the action taken and that will be taken to implement the recommendations contained in the reports. During the reporting period the Subcommittee received such replies from the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Peru, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Togo and Ukraine. The Subcommittee considers the replies from the following States parties to be overdue: Benin, Brazil, Cambodia (two reports), Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia, Maldives (two reports), Mali, Malta, Nauru, Nigeria, Senegal and Turkey. It considers the replies from the national preventive mechanisms of the following States parties to be overdue: Ecuador, Honduras, Netherlands and Republic of Moldova. 19. During the reporting period the Subcommittee held advance preparatory meetings with each of the States parties scheduled for a visit and, in accordance with established practice, invited each State party it visited to meet with it at the subsequent session in order to discuss how best to advance the post-visit dialogue. E. Developments concerning national preventive mechanisms 20. The Subcommittee has continued to engage in dialogue with States parties and signatories at its sessions concerning the designation or functioning of their national preventive mechanisms. At its thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-third sessions, it held meetings with representatives of the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gabon, Greece, Iceland, Mongolia, Morocco, Switzerland and Tunisia, and met with the delegation from Guatemala. During its sessions, the Subcommittee also held teleconferences with the authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Cambodia and Guatemala. 21. At the thirty-third session, the Subcommittee held an informal meeting with States parties and signatories to the Optional Protocol, during which States parties were updated on the recent activities of the Subcommittee, discussed the working methods of the Subcommittee, its resources and the Special Fund established under the Optional Protocol, and considered the future direction of its work. 22. The Subcommittee established and maintained direct contact with national preventive mechanisms, in accordance with its mandate under article 11 (b) (ii) of the Optional Protocol. During its sessions, the Subcommittee met or held videoconferences 5