- 120 - additional information did not refer to the content of article 11 of the Covenant and that no information was provided on the procedures established for distributing the compensation received from the Government of the United States of America, on the situation regarding housing in rural areas or on the housing situation of indigenous peoples. 5. In view of the fact that a number of important questions raised earlier by the Committee could not be satisfactorily answered during the consideration of Panama’s supplementary report at the Committee’s seventh session, the Committee decided, in accordance with its procedures for follow-up action, to offer to send one or two of its members to Panama to advise the Government in relation to the matters identified in paragraph 135 of its report on its sixth session (E/1992/23). 6. In its decision 1993/294, adopted on 28 July 1993, the Economic and Social Council endorsed the Committee’s offer. The decision reads as follows: "At its 44th plenary meeting, on 28 July 1993, the Economic and Social Council took note of the decision of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to inform the Government of Panama of its offer, in accordance with the procedures for follow-up action adopted at the Committee’s seventh session and in pursuance of article 23 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to send one or two of its members to pursue its dialogue with the Government in relation to the matters identified in the report on its sixth session. The Council approved the Committee’s action, subject to the acceptance of the Committee’s offer by the State party concerned." 7. In a letter dated 17 September 1993, the Chairperson of the Committee informed the Government of Panama of the above decision. 8. In a note verbale dated 27 January 1994, the Government of Panama informed the Committee that: "The Government of the Republic of Panama is grateful for the offer made in Economic and Social Council decision 1993/294 and wishes to communicate its decision to decline the offer, this not being the most appropriate or convenient time to receive such advice." 9. At its tenth session, in May 1994, the Committee considered further information submitted by the Government of Panama and decided to continue its dialogue with the State party regarding its implementation of the right to housing at its eleventh session (21 November-9 December 1994), with a view to adopting concluding observations. 10. On 6 December 1994, during its eleventh session, the Committee heard a statement by the Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva in which he indicated that the Government of Panama accepted the offer of the Committee to send two of its members to pursue its dialogue with the Government in relation to the matters identified by the Committee at its sixth to eleventh sessions.