22. 委员会决定其秘书处应系统性地提醒逾期 5 年或以上未交报告的缔约国尽快提交报告。截至 2021 年 3 月 4 日，即第七十八届会议闭幕之日，有以下 14 个缔约国的报告逾期 5 年或以上未交：阿尔及利亚、伯利兹、乍得、多米尼克、格林纳达、几内亚比绍、莱索托、利比亚、马耳他、巴布亚新几内亚、圣卢西亚、圣马力诺、圣多美和普林西比和赞比亚。关于长期逾期未交的报告，委员会决定，作为最后解决办法，如果到某个明确规定的日期仍未收到这些报告，委员会将开始在无报告的情况下审议相关缔约国执行《公约》的情况。缔约国纷纷响应秘书处转递的催复通知，已经提交和预定审议的报告数目反映了这一点。委员会目前有 16 份报告排定在第七十九届会议(2021 年 6 月/7 月)至第八十届会议(2021 年10 月/11 月)期间审议。
22. The Committee decided that its secretariat should systematically remind States parties whose reports were five years or more overdue to submit their reports as soon as possible. As at 4 March 2021, the closing date of the seventy-eighth session, there were 14 States parties whose reports were overdue by five years or more: Algeria, Belize, Chad, Dominica, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Libya, Malta, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe and Zambia. With regard to long-overdue reports, the Committee decided that, as a last resort, and failing receipt of those reports by a specified date, it would proceed with the consideration of the implementation of the Convention in the State party in the absence ofa report. States parties have been responsive to the reminders transmitted by the secretariat, as evidenced by the number of reports submitted and scheduled for consideration. The Committee currently has 16 reports scheduled for consideration between the seventy-ninth session (June/July 2021) and the eightieth session (October/November 2021).