- 24 - 61. The following reports were before the Committee at its thirteenth session: Initial reports concerning articles 1 to 15 of the Covenant Mauritius Algeria E/1990/5/Add.21 E/1990/5/Add.22 Third periodic reports concerning articles 1 to 15 of the Covenant Colombia Norway Ukraine E/1994/104/Add.2 E/1994/104/Add.3 E/1994/104/Add.4 62. In accordance with rule 62 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, representatives of all the reporting States were invited to participate in the meetings of the Committee when their reports were examined. All the States parties whose reports were considered by the Committee sent representatives to participate in the examination of their respective reports. In accordance with a decision adopted by the Committee at its second session, the names and positions of the members of each State party’s delegation are listed in annex IX to the present report. 63. At its eighth session the Committee had decided to discontinue its practice of including in its annual report summaries of the consideration of country reports. In accordance with modified rule 57 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the annual report should contain, inter alia, the concluding observations of the Committee relating to each State party’s report. Accordingly, the following paragraphs arranged on a country-by-country basis according to the sequence followed by the Committee in its consideration of the reports contain the concluding observations adopted by the Committee with respect to the States parties’ reports considered at its twelfth and thirteenth sessions. Twelfth session REPUBLIC OF KOREA 64. The Committee considered the initial report of the Republic of Korea on articles 1 to 15 of the Covenant (E/1990/5/Add.19) at its 3rd, 4th and 6th meetings on 2 and 3 May 1995 and, at its 27th meeting on 18 May 1995, adopted the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 65. The Committee expresses its appreciation to the State party for its comprehensive report, prepared largely in conformity with the Committee’s guidelines, and for the written replies to the list of questions made available to it before the session. The State party is also to be commended for sending a large high-level delegation to discuss the report and for its useful dialogue with the Committee. The Committee notes, however, that the report, though comprehensive in form, provided information which in many areas was excessively general in content. Accordingly, the offer of the