text: UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social GENERAL Council E/CN. 4/Sub. 2/199O/NGO/3 9 July 1990 original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Forty-second session Item 4 of the provisional agenda REVIEW OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN FIELDS WITH WHICH THE SUB-COMMISSION HAS BEEN CONCERNED '' Written statement submitted by the Four Directions Council, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) The Secretary-General has received the following communication, which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1296 (XLIV). [26 June 1990] WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS 1- The Four Directions Council welcomes the proposal for convening a World Conference on Human Rights and believes that the Sub-Commission can play an invaluable role in advising the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly on the structures, objectives, and procedures which may best serve the overall aims proposed for the Conference. GE.90-12422/7156A E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/3 paqe 2 2. For the convenience of the Sub-Commission, we have orqanized some suqqestions for the Conference in the form of a draft resolution, such as the Sub-Commission itself may wish to adopt at its current session. "The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Recalling the first International Conference on Human Rights, held at Teheran in 1968 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to review the progress made since its adoption and to formulate a programme for the future. Noting that the United Nations recently celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Aware that, despite the progress made since 1968 in the adoption of new standards and wider dissemination of public information in the field of human rights, gross and persistent violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms continue to occur throughout the world. 
analysis: The text discusses the organization of a World Conference on Human Rights and the role of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in advising on the conference's structures, objectives, and procedures. The text also mentions the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the need to address gross and persistent violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Based on this, it appears that the text is focused on human rights and humanitarian issues, rather than economic or environmental concerns.