text: of the Sub-Commission agreed that the motion of Mr. Joinet should be discussed before draft resolutions E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.4 and L.7. 63. It was so decided. QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMISSION UNDER COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 8 (XXIII) (agenda item 6) (continued) (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/15, 16 and 49; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NG0/2, 6, 10, 19 and 20; E/CN.4/1990/3, 24-27, 45 and Add.l, 50 and 55; A/44/620) 64. Mr. JOINET, introducing his motion, said that the discussion was going better than in 1989, when three preliminary votes had been necessary before E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l8 page 9 the Sub-Commission had arrived at the present stage. His motion was based on a deep reflection on the Sub-Commission's future role in the United Nations system. 65. There was apparently no disagreement regarding the Sub-Commission's status as a body of independent experts. Members of the Sub-Commission were elected, and not appointed as in the Commission on Human Rights or the Economic and Social Council. That fact already conferred a certain degree of independence. Pursuant to the arrangements made under Articles 55 (c) and 68 of the Charter of the United Nations, members of the Sub-Commission had a specific objective, and in the Sub-Commission's original mandate it had been decided that independence was required in order for that objective to be attained. 66. Since then, however, the Sub-Commission's mandate had changed considerably. It now really had two mandates. The first was to combat discrimination, and the second to promote the development of human rights. Over the years the Commission had made fewer and fewer calls on the Sub-Commission in respect of the prevention of discrimination and had made many other kinds of call on it, increasingly related to "sensitive" matters. 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the role and mandate of the Sub-Commission, a body of independent experts, in the context of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The language used suggests a focus on the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly in the context of colonial and dependent countries. The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather focuses on the concept of human rights and the Sub-Commission's role in addressing violations.