UNITED

NATIONS

CAT

Convention against Torture

and Other Cruel, Inhuman

or Degrading Treatment

or Punishment

Distr.

GENERAL

CAT/C/SR.437/Add.1

24 May 2000

Original: ENGLISH

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

Twenty-fourth session

SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SECOND PART (PUBLIC)* OF THE 437th MEETING

Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,

on Thursday, 18 May 2000, at 3.50 p.m.

Chairman: Mr. BURNS

CONTENTS

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ITS ACTIVITIES (continued)

The public part of the meeting was called to order at 3.50 p.m.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ITS ACTIVITIES (agenda item 11) (continued) (CAT/C/XXIV/CRP.1/Add.4 (Part II))

1.Mr. EL MASRY (Rapporteur) introduced chapter IV, part II, of the draft annual report, which contained the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations concerning the reports of El Salvador, the United States of America, the Netherlands and Slovenia (CAT/C/XXIV/CRP.1/Add.4 (Part II)).

2.Chapter IV, part II, of the draft annual report was adopted.

The meeting rose at 3.55 p.m.