VIII. ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ITS ACTIVITIES 240. In accordance with article 24 of the Convention, the Committee shall submit an annual report on its activities to the States parties and to the General Assembly. 241. Since the Committee will hold its second regular session of each calendar year in late November, which coincides with the regular sessions of the General Assembly, the Committee decided to adopt its annual report at the end of its spring session for appropriate transmission to the General Assembly during the same calendar year. 242. Accordingly, at its 261st meeting on 10 May 1996, the Committee considered the draft report on its activities at the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions (CAT/C/XVI/CRP.1 and Add.1-10). The report, as amended in the course of the discussion, was adopted by the Committee unanimously. An account of the activities of the Committee at its seventeenth session (11-22 November 1996) will be included in the annual report of the Committee for 1997. Notes 1/ See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/50/44), paras. 7 and 8. 2/ 3/ and 13. Ibid., Forty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/45/44), paras. 14-16. Ibid., Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/49/44), paras. 12 4/ Mr. Pikis, a new member of the Committee, did not participate in the adoption of the text. He takes the view that as he was not a member of the Committee during the inquiry and consequently did not take part in the deliberations leading to the decision of 20 November 1995 or the decision itself, it would not be right for him to take part in the formulation or adoption of the text of the summary account of the results of the proceedings relating to the inquiry. 5/ E/CN.4/1990/17, E/CN.4/1991/17 and E/CN.4/1992/17. 6/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/48/44/Add.1), para. 39. -41-