text: delegation wishedtoknowthereasonforthereduction inrequirements forexternal printing andbinding showninparagraph 23.32. 372.Replying tothequestions posedbytheCommittee, therepresentative ofthe centreforHumanRightssaidthattheestimate of40,000to50,000communications shownunderoutput(iii)ofprogramme element 1.2wasbasedonactualexperience. Thecommunications werereceived withintheframework ofEconomic andSocial Council resolution 728(XXVIII) of30July1959andtheauthors usually were individuals, non-governmental organizations, orotherorganizations orgroupswith aninterest inhumanrights. Itwasdifficult togiveprecise figures onthe numberofcommunications received; itmightbe30,000inoneyearandlessin another. Thenumbers ~or1986-1987 woulddepend onthehumanrightssituation throughout theworld. Therepresentative ofthecentrestatedthattheWorking GroupoftheSub-Commission onPreve~tion ofDiscrimination andProtection of Minorities metfortwoweekspriortothesession oftheSub-Commission, onthe basisofCouncil resolution 1503(XLVIII) of27May1970.Withregardto output(viii)ofprogramme element 1.2,thegoodoffices missions wereundertaken inthecontext oftheprocedure outlined inCouncil resolution 1503(XLVIII) and wereaimedatassisting Governments. Therepresentative ofthecentreexplained thattheCommission designated individuals toperform investigative missions, although sometimes suchmissions wereundertaken bymembers oftheSecretariat who wereappointed bytheSecretary-General. Concerning output(xvii)ofprogramme element 1.1,volumes ofdecisions adopted bytheHumanRights Committee hadbeen pUblished attherequest oftheHumanRights Committee, asendorsed bytheGeneral Assembly. Thefirstvolume wasalmostreadyforpublication andothers would followonanannualbasis. 373.Therepresentative oftheCentreexplained thespecial procedures mentioned in programme element 1.3andstatedthattheCommission tookitsdecisions onthe basisofrequests forspecial rapporteurs foractivities falling outside thesphere oftheregular activities ofthecentre. In1984,13or14missions hadbeen -75-I' ,~ i i!.' ~;:jj )undertaken; therefore theestimate of20forthenextbiennium wasarealistic figure. Turning tothequestion ofseminars onsubjects concerning racism, the representative explained thattherehadbeenseveral seminars duringtheDecadefor ActiontoCombat Racism andRacialDiscrimination butnonein1984;theseminar thatwouldbeheldinSeptember 1985hadresulted fromadecision takenbythe General Assembly atitsthirty-ninth session. 374.Concerning programme element 4.1,therepresentative oftheCentreexplained thattheCommission onHumanRights hadestablished theWorking Groupof Governmental Experts ontheRighttoDevelopment tostudythepossibility of drafting aninternational instrument andhadauthorized ittomeetatleasttwicea year. Thecentre hadassumed' thattheWorking Groupwouldneedmoremeetings in 1986-1987 because noprogress wasbeingmade.Thesummary records oftheWorking Groupwerebeingtransmitted totheGeneral Assembly through theEconomic and SocialCouncil forexamination, andtheoutputcouldbeamended aftertheAssembly hadcompleted itsexamination. Therepresentative ofthecentreconfirmed that thereweretworeports onnational institutions listedunderprogramme element 4.2 butthattheinformation contained inthereporttobepresented totheCommission wouldbeupdated inthereportsubmitted totheGeneral Assembly. Thereports to theGeneral Assembly ontheimportance ofself-determination forthepromotion and protection ofhumanrights, including thequestion ofmercenaries (output (vi)of programme element 4.2)~hadbeenrequested bytheAssembly onanannualbasis. He mentioned thelargenumberofstudies requested bytheCommission andthe Sub-Commission underprogramme element 4.2andexplained thatthenotesverbales shownasintermediate outputunderthatelement wereneededtocollect information fromGovernments. 375.Onthequestion ofpriorities, therepresentative oftheCentreexplained that programme element 1.1hadbeengivenhighpriority inordertoensurethat standards wererespected bytheStatesparties tothevarious covenants and conventions. Hewentontoclarify thatthetravelcostsofmembers ofthe Committee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination weretheresponsibility of theStatesparties butthatthetravelorothercostsoftheSecretariat werenot; thelatterwerebornebytheUnitedNations. Astotheroleofmembers ofnational
analysis: The text appears to be related to international human rights and the work of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. It discusses various programs and activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights, including the work of special rapporteurs, good offices missions, and seminars on subjects such as racism. The text also mentions the Commission's role in reviewing reports from national institutions and its efforts to promote the right to development. Given the focus on human rights and international cooperation, it is likely that the text is related to a category that encompasses these themes.