- 22 - Chapter IV SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLES 16 AND 17 OF THE COVENANT 52. In accordance with rule 58 of its rules of procedure, the Committee, at its 37th meeting on 23 November 1995, considered the status of submission of reports under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant. 53. In that connection, the Committee had before it the following documents: (a) Note by the Secretary-General on the revised general guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports to be submitted by States parties (E/C.12/1991/1); (b) Note by the Secretary-General on States parties to the Covenant and the status of submission of reports as at 1 September 1995 (E/C.12/1995/10 and Corr.1). 54. The Secretary-General informed the Committee that, in addition to the reports scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its thirteenth session (see para. 61 below), he had received, as at 1 December 1995, the reports submitted under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant by the following States parties: Initial report of Paraguay (E/1990/5/Add.23); third periodic report of Spain (E/1994/104/Add.5); second periodic report of the Dominican Republic (E/1990/6/Add.7); initial reports of Guatemala (E/1990/5/Add.24) and El Salvador (E/1990/5/Add.25); second periodic report of Portugal (Macau) (E/1990/6/Add.8); third periodic reports of Belarus (E/1994/104/Add.6) and Finland (E/1994/104/Add.7); initial reports of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (E/1990/5/Add.26), Guyana (E/1990/5/Add.27) and Zimbabwe (E/1990/5/Add.28); third periodic report of the Russian Federation (E/1994/104/Add.8); initial report of Peru (E/1990/5/Add.29); and second periodic report of Luxembourg (E/1990/6/Add.9). 55. In accordance with rule 57, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, a list of States parties together with an indication of the status of submission of their reports is contained in annex I to the present report. In accordance with rule 57, paragraph 2, the Committee made a number of recommendations to the Economic and Social Council which are included in chapters I and VII of the present report.