text: examine the operating procedures of the Working Group with a view to increasing its efficiency and effectiveness. 16. Mr. ROY (India) said that his delegation supported the Australian proposal. It had always felt that the Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, together with their various working groups, were an integral part of the United Nations system for the promotion of human rights. The termination of the Working Group on Slavery would curtail the work of the United Nations in that direction. I ... A/C.5/38/SR.29 English Page 5 17. Mr. KELLER (United States of America) said that his delegation strongly supported the goals and most of the activities of the Centre for Human Rights and appreciated the dedication and skill of the staff concerned. Its concern was simply that the work of the Centre should be as effective as possible. It was possible that the Commission on Human Rights and its subsidiary bodies were spreading their efforts too thin, to the detriment of vital activities. Accordingly, CPC had recommended the elimination of the Working Group, not because its work was regarded as unimportant, but because there was concern that it was not functioning as it should. The Working Group had apparently been poorly attended, and it had in fact been described as a body in search of an agenda. CPC's recommendation for its elimination was not directed at the issues which the Workinq Group addressed but at the way in which it handled them. His delegation therefore supported the Austalian proposal, on the understanding that an effort would be made to correct the basic problem. 18. His delegation also supported CPC's recommendation that, under outputs (vii) and (viii) of programme element 2.1, the meetings of the two working groups of the 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the operations and efficiency of a working group within the United Nations system, specifically within the Commission on Human Rights and the Centre for Human Rights. The language used suggests that the working group is related to human rights, and the discussion revolves around its termination and the potential impact on the promotion of human rights.