text: 7. Under paragraph I of article 40 of Che Covenant everg state party has undettaken to submit reports to the Human Rights Conmittee on the implementation ofthe Covenant: (a) vlithin one year of theparty concerned tentry into force of the Covenant for the State Comoittee so requests. (b) Thereafter shenever theA/40/50O/^dd.L EngIi sh Page 25 8. At its second session in August 197?, the @mmittee adopted general guldelinesfor the submission of reports by States parties under article 40 (seeparas. 1-6 above) . In dranlng up these guidelines the Committee had in mindpartlcularly the initial reports to be submitteat by States parties underparaqraph I (a) of artlcle 40. ?hese guidelines have been follolred by the greatmajority of states partles which have suboittett reports subsequently to their lssue and they have proved helpful both to the reporting States and to the Coomltlee. 9- rn paragraph 5 of those guidelines the committee indicated thaE it intended,after the completion of its study of each Staters initiat report and of any subsequent information submitted, to calt for subsequen! reports under article 40,paragraph I (b), of the Covenant. 10. At its eleventh session in october 1980, the committee adopted by consensus astatement concernlng the next stages of its future rdor k under articte 40. Itconfirmed its aim of engaging in a constructive dialog.re rrith each reporting State and determined that the dlalogue should be conducted on the basis of perlodlcalreports from States parties to the Covenant (para. (d)). ft also decided that, lnthe liqht of its experience in the consideratlon of initial reports, it should
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the implementation and reporting of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is a human rights treaty. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that it is a document related to international law and human rights. The content of the text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on the reporting and implementation of a human rights treaty.