text: (b) the report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its first session (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2982/33), which was nald from 9 to 13 August 1982 at Genova in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/31 of 7 May 1982; (c) the documents transmitted to the Sub«Commission by the Working Group, together with its report (E/CW.4/Sub.2/AC.l/1982/R.l); and (d) a written statement submitted by the International Indian Treaty Council, -a. non-governmental organization in category II consultative status (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/NG0/6;. 271. In introducing the supplementary parts of his final report, the Special Rapporteur observed that the study had aroused the interasc of the United Nations in one of the most numerous population groups, one of the least privileg?d and one against which discrimination was most prevalent. He outlined the contents of the documents he had submitted at the current session and made special reference to a number of nestings which, in his view, contributed to a better understanding of the problem confronted by tht;- indigenous populations. Thu meetings included the International i<!G0 Conference on Indigenous Peoples and ch) Land (198I), th^ Conference of Specialists on Ethnocide and Ethnodevelopment In Latin America (Cost Rica, 6«13 Decanber 1981), and the United Nations Seminar on "scours^ procedures md other forms of protection available to victims of racial discrimination, and activities to b" undertaken at che national and regional levels (Managua, Nicaragua, 14-21 December 198l). He welcomed the Inclusion in the agenda of the Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, to be. hold In August 1983? of an it^m concerning the: situation of disadvantaged groups such as indigenous populations and suggested that the work of thu Sub-Commission on that question might be facilitated, if the Sub--Commission would authorize the Working Group to study the conclusions and recommendations which would ppp^ar in the final report he would submit next year. 31/
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the situation and challenges faced by indigenous populations, with a focus on the work of a UN Working Group and the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The topics mentioned, such as ethnocide, racial discrimination, and human rights, suggest that the category is likely to be related to human rights and social justice.