fourth session to furnish, by 31 December 1990, an additional report pursuant to rule 67, paragraph 2, of its rules of procedure, and a fourth reminder was sent to Denmark which had been requested by the Committee at its second session to provide additional information. ~i9hth session 46. At its l05th meeting, held on 28 April 1992, the Committee also considered the status of submission of reports under article 19 of the Convention. In addition to the documents listed in paragraph 42 above, the Committee had before it two notes by the Secretary-General: one concerning initial reports to be submitted by 9 States parties in 1992 (CAT/C/16) and the other one on first supplementary reports to be submitted by 26 States parties in the second half of 1992 (CAT/C/17). 47. The Committee was informed that, in addition to the four reports that were scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its eighth session (see sect. IV, para. 55), the Secretary-General had received the initial report of Afghanistan (CAT/C/S/Add.31), Germany (CAT/C/12/Add.1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Dependent Territories (CAT/C/9/Add.IO). The Secretary-General had also received additional information from Denmark. which had been requested by the Committee at its second session. The Committee was also informed that initial reports had not yet been received from the following States parties: Guyana and Peru/ whose reports were due in 1989; Brazil, Guinea, Poland and Portugal, whose reports were due in 1990; Guatemala, Liechtenstein, Malta, New Zealand, Paraguay and Somalia, whose reports were due in 1991. First reminders had been sent to Guatemala, New Zealand and Somalia, whose initial reports were more than 12 months overdue. 48. 49. The Committee again requested the Secretary-General to continue sending reminders automatically to those States parties whose initial reports were more then 12 months overdue and subsequent reminders every six months. 50. The Committee also requested the Secretary-General to send reminders automatically every six months to those States parties which had been requested to furnish additional reports pursuant to rule 67, paragraph 2, of. its rules of procedure and those States parties which had been requested to provide additional information. 51. In addition/ the Committee recalled the decision it had adopted at its seventh session with regard to non-reply by States parties to a certain number of reminders concerning their overdue reports (see para. 44 above). In this connection, the Committee further decided that in the case of reports which were more than three years overdue. its Chairman should discuss with the representatives of the States parties concerned which had their Permanent Mission in Geneva the difficulties that prevented those States parties from * The information, consisting of legal texts. was made available to the Committee, but it has not been issued as a document. -11Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library