text: I(XXXVII). Serious concern forthefutureofth~Committee onthe Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination ••••••••••••••••••••• 91 Ann.... I.A.STATESPARTIES TOTHEINTERNATIONAL CaNENTION ONTHEELIMINATIONatALLFORMSOFRACIAL DISCRIMINATION (128), ASAT 1SEPTIM.8ER 1989I................................................. 93 B.STATESPARTIES THATHAVEMADETHEDECLARATION UNDERARTICLE 14, PARAGRAPH 1,OFT'.£CONVENTION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 96 11.AGENDA OFTHETHIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OFTHECOMMITTEE ••••••••••••••••• 97 Ill.MEMBERSHIP OFTHECOMMITTEE ONTHEELIMINATION OFRACIALDISCRIMINATION 98 IV.ASSESSMENTS OUTSTANDING ASAT14AUGUST 1989•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 99 V.DOCUMENTS RECEIVED BYTHECOMMITTEE ONTHEELIMINATION OFRACIAL DISCRIMINATION ATITSTHIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION PURSUANT TODECISIONS OF THETRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ANDTHESPECIAL COMMITT~E ONTHESITUATION WITH REGARD TOTHEIMPLEMENTATION OFTHEDECLARATION ONTHEGRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE TOCOLONIAL COUNTRIES ANDPEOPLES, INCONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 15orTHECONVENTION •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 101 VI.LISTOFDOCUMENTS ISSUED FORTHETHIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION OFTHE C()t.l.tI'I'TEE •••••••••••••••••••.•••••••.••••••••••••••••••••• lit• • • • • • • • • • • 103 -v-~ETTER OFTRANSMITTAL 1September 1989 Sir, Itoavethehonourtorefertoarticle 9,paragraph 2,oftheInternational Convention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofRacialDiscrimination. Inaccordance with tha(~article, theCommittee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination, establisl.~ed pursuant totheConvention, "shallreportannually, through the Secretary-General, totheGeneral Assembly oftheUnitedNations onitsactivities". Youwillrecallthat,owingtothenon-payment oftheassessed contributions byanumberofStatesparties overseveral yearsandthegravefinancial crisis facingtheUnitedNations, thenormalfunctioning oftheCommittee onthe Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination hasbeendisrupted since1986. Asyou critical in cancelled'. 7Augusttoareaware,thefinancial problem facingtheCommittee continues tobe 1989and,asaresult, theCommittee's springsession hadtobe However, theCommittee wasabletoholditsthirty-seventh session from 1September 1989. Atits862ndmeeting, heldtoday,1September 1989,theCommittee unanimously adoptedits1989reportinfulfilment ofitsobligations undertheConvention, it issubmitted toyouherewith fortransmission totheGeneral Assembly atits forty-fourth session. Accept,Sir,theassurances ofmyhighest consideration. (~) George O.LAMPTEY Chairman "fthe Committee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination HisExcellency Mr.JevierPerezdeCuellar Secretary-General oftheUnitedNations NewYork -vi-I.ORGANIZATIONAL ANDRELATED MATTERS A.Statesparties totheConvention ontheEliminAtion of AllFormsofRacialDiscriminAtion 1.Aaat1September 1989,theclosing dateofthethirty-seventh session ofthe Committee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination, therewere128States parties totheInternational Convention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofRacial Discrimination, whichwasadopted bytheGeneral Assembly inresolution 2106A(XX) of21December 1965andopenedforsignature andratification inNewYorkon 7March1966.TheConvention entered intoforceon4January 1969inaccordance withtheprovisions ofitsarticle 19. 2.Bytheclosing doteofthethirty-seventh session, 12ofthe128St~tes parties totheConven~ion hadmadethedeclaration envisaged inarticle 14, paragraph 1,oftheConvention. Article 14oftheConvention entered intoforceon 3December 1982,following thedeposit withtheSecretary-General ofthetenth declaration recognizing thecompetence oftheCommittee toreceive andconsider communications fromindividuals orgroupsofindividuals whoclaimtobdvictims of aviolation bytheStatepartyconcerned ofanyoftherightssetforth ~nthe Convention. ListsofStatesparties totheConvention andofthosewhichhavemade th~declar~tion underarticle 14arecontained inannexI. B.StisiOD Andagenda 3.TheCommittee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination, owingto non-payment ofcontributions byanumberofStatesparties, wasunabletoholdits springsession in1989.TheCommittee heldonlyoneextended session offour weeks'duration in1989.Thethirty-seventh session (831st-862nd meetings) was heldattheUnitedNations OfficeatGeneva from7Augustto1September 1989. 4.Theagendaofthesession asadopted bytheCommittee isreproduced in annex11.
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the activities of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, an international organization that monitors and addresses racial discrimination. The report discusses the Committee's financial struggles, its inability to hold a spring session, and its adoption of a report on its activities. The text also provides information on the number of states parties to the Convention and those that have made a declaration recognizing the Committee's competence to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups claiming to be victims of racial discrimination.