Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Viet Nam and Zambia; and to the Governments of Australia, Barbados, Bulgaria, Costa Rica/ Cyprus, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, the Gambia, Guyana, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritius, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Suriname, the Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Zaire, whose third periodic reports were overdue. 41. The Committee initiated its consideration of the second periodic report of Peru at its 1133rd to 1136th meetings, held oa 31 March and 1 April 1992, The Committee took note of the Peruvian delegation's request that the Government of Peru be permitted to answer in writing, within a period of three weeks, a number of questions raised by members of the Committee so that the consideration of the report could be conducted at the Committee's forty-fifth session. Taking into consideration recent events in Peru affecting the situation of human rights under the Covenant, the Committee, acting under article 40, paragraph 1 (b), of the Covenant, decided to request the Government of Peru to submit, together with the above-mentioned answers, a supplementary report relating to events occurring subsequent to the consideration of the report, in particular in respect of the application of articles 4, 6, 7, 9, 19 and 25 of the Covenant, for discussion by the Committee during its forty-fifth session (see annex VII). Fortv-fifth session 42. The Committee was informed that the initial report of Ireland, the second periodic reports of Egypt and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the third periodic reports of the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico and Romania had been received. Core documents had also been received from Ecuador, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay and Venezuela. 43. At its 1167th meeting, held on 24 July 1992, the Committee took note with concern of the large number of States parties whose reports under article 40 of the Covenant were overdue, despite many appeals and reminders (see annex I V ) . Noting that that hampered its ability to monitor the implementation of the Covenant, the Committee requested the Secretary-General to bring the matter to the attention of the Twelfth Meeting of States parties, to be held at United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 10 September 1992, for appropriate action. B. Consideration of reports 44. During its forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions, the Committee considered the initial reports of Algeria and the Republic of Korea; the second periodic reports of Austria, Belgium and Peru; and the third periodic reports of Belarus, Colombia, Ecuador, Mongolia, Poland and Yugoslavia. The Committee also completed consideration of the second periodic report of Morocco and of the third periodic report of Iraq, which had been initiated at the fortieth and forty-second sessions, respectively. At the request of the States parties concerned, the initial reports of Burundi and the Niger that had been scheduled for consideration at the Committee's forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions, respectively, were postponed. -9-