E. Election of officers 7. At the thirty-sixth session, on 1 May 2006, the Committee elected Mr. Andreas Mavrommatis as Chairperson and Mr. Guibril Camara, Mr. Claudio Grossman and Mr. Alexandre Kovalev as vice-chairpersons and Ms. Felice Gaer as rapporteur. F. Agendas 8. At its 665th meeting, on 7 November 2005, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/85) as the agenda of its thirty-fifth session. 9. At its 695th meeting, on 1 May 2006, the Committee adopted the items listed in the provisional agenda submitted by the Secretary-General (CAT/C/36/1) as the agenda of its thirty-sixth session. G. Pre-sessional working group 10. During the period under review, in November 2005 , the Committee decided to modify the working group to enable the full Committee to meet in plenary to consider additional reports to address the growing backlog in the consideration of States parties reports. H. Participation of Committee members in other meetings 11. During the period under consideration Mr. Fernando Mariño Menendez participated and presided the 17th meeting of chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies, held at Geneva on 23 and 24 June 2005. Ms. Felice Gaer, Mr. Fernando Mariño Menendez and Mr. Ole Rasmussen participated in the Fourth Inter-Committee Meeting of the human rights treaty bodies, which took place from 20 to 22 June 2005. In December 2005 and again in February 2006, Ms. Felice Gaer participated in the Inter-Committee Technical Working Group on the guidelines on a common core document and treaty-specific documents. I. General comments 12. At its thirty-sixth session, the Committee began consideration of a methodology to adopt a general comment on article 2 of the Convention. J. Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 13. The Committee adopted the following joint statement to be issued on 26 June 2006, the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture: “The United Nations Committee against Torture, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the Board of Trustees of the 2