A/67/44 III. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention A. Examination of reports submitted by States parties 44. At its forty-seventh and forty-eighth sessions, the Committee considered reports submitted by 14 States parties, under article 19, paragraph 1, of the Convention, and adopted 15 sets of concluding observations, considering that the Syrian Arab Republic did not submit the special report requested by the Committee under article 19, paragraph 1, in fine. The following reports were before the Committee at its forty-seventh session and it adopted the respective concluding observations: State party Report Concluding observations Belarus Fourth periodic report CAT/C/BLR/4 CAT/C/BLR/CO/4 Bulgaria Fourth and fifth periodic reports CAT/C/BGR/4-5 CAT/C/BGR/CO/4-5 Djibouti Initial report CAT/C/DJI/1 CAT/C/DJI/CO/1 Germany Fifth periodic report CAT/C/DEU/5 CAT/C/DEU/CO/5 Madagascar Initial report CAT/C/MDG/1 CAT/C/MDG/CO/1 Morocco Fourth periodic report CAT/C/MAR/4 CAT/C/MAR/CO/4 Paraguay Fourth to sixth periodic reports CAT/C/PRY/4-6 CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 Sri Lanka Third and fourth periodic reports CAT/C/LKA/3-4 CAT/C/LKA/CO/3-4 45. The following reports, with the exception of the special report requested of the Syrian Arab Republic, were before the Committee at its forty-eighth session, and it adopted the following concluding observations: State party Report Concluding observations Albania Second periodic report CAT/C/ALB/2 CAT/C/ALB/CO/2 Armenia Third periodic report CAT/C/ARM/3 CAT/C/ARM/CO/3 Canada Sixth periodic report CAT/C/CAN/6 CAT/C/CAN/CO/6 Cuba Second periodic report CAT/C/CUB/2 CAT/C/CUB/CO/2 Czech Republic Fourth and fifth periodic reports CAT/C/CZE/4-5 CAT/C/CZE/CO/4-5 Greece Fifth and sixth periodic reports CAT/C/GRC/5-6 CAT/C/GRC/CO/5-6 Rwanda Initial report CAT/C/RWA/1 CAT/C/RWA/CO/1 Syrian Arab Republic Special report Report not submitted CAT/C/SYR/CO/1/Add.2 46. In accordance with rule 68 of the rules of procedure of the Committee, representatives of each reporting State were invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their report was examined. With the exception of the Syrian Arab Republic, all of the 10 GE.12-44492