F. Agendas 8. At its 639th meeting, on 15 November 2004, the Committee adopted the following items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/82) as the agenda of its thirty-third session. 9. At its 620th meeting, on 2 May 2005, the Committee adopted the following items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/84) as the agenda of its thirty-fourth session. G. Pre-sessional working group 10. During the period under review, the working group was composed of Mr. El-Masry, Mr. Prado Vallejo, Mr. Yakovlev and Mr. Yu Mengjia, this last only for the November 2004 session. The group met from 6 to 10 November 2004, prior to the thirty-third session, and from 25 to 28 April 2005, prior to the thirty-fourth session. Its agenda was devoted to the consideration of communications under article 22 of the Convention. The group reviewed the information brought to its attention and made recommendations to the Committee. H. Participation of Committee members in other meetings 11. During the period under consideration Mr. Fernando Mariño Menendez participated in the 16th meeting of Chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies, held from 23 to 25 June 2004. Mr. Sayed El-Masry, Mr. Fernando Mariño Menendez and Mr. Ole Rasmussen participated in the third inter-committee meeting of the human rights treaty bodies, which took place from 21 to 22 June 2004. I. General comments 12. At its thirty-third session, the Committee decided to appoint a working group to continue work on the draft general comment on article 2 of the Convention. The working group is composed of Mr. Gubril Camara, Ms. Felice Gaer, Mr. Grossman with Mr. Fernando Mariño Menéndez as rapporteur. J. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture 13. The Committee entrusted one of its members, Ms. Felice Gaer, to prepare the following joint statement to be issued on 26 June 2005, the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture: “Recognizing that the lives of individuals, their well-being and sense of security continue to be scarred by torture on a daily basis, and that torture is reported with growing frequency from all regions of the world, on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we, the United Nations Committee against Torture, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the question of torture, the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: 2

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