text: Rights Connit.tee, Ehe Sessional tforking croup of Governnental Experts on the Inplementation of the Ineernational Covenant on Econoloic' Social and Cuftural Rights and the conmittee on the Elininalion of Racial Discrinination (A/39/484'r. 3. By its resolution 39/138 of 1.4 Decennber 1984. the General Assenbly took notenith interest of the report of the neeting of the Chairnen of the above-nenEioned supervisory human rights bodies and decided to keep under consideration the problens that had arisen fron the coexistence of several different reporEing syst.etns' in particular the proLiferaCion of reporting obligaEions under lhe various instrunents. To ttlat etfect, the Assenbly requested the Secre Eary-General, in paragrapb 5 of the resolutj.on. to subnit to it at its f,ortieth session a report con Ca in ing : "(a) Updaeed information on the general siEuaeion of the subnission of reporta of SEates par[ies to a].1 convenEions which are already in force' thus enabling the General Assembly !o take an overvielr of Ehe fulfilnent of al! reporting obliqations and to consider how to achieve an inprovenent,particularly in tbe interest of States parties eith limited technical and administrative resources ; '(b) A consolidated cext of the guidelines of Ehe various bodies entrusted r{ith lbe consideration of the reports of states Parties orl the inplernentation of all United NaEions conventions on hufian rights." 4. The General Assenbly also invited the bodies concerned to give ParEicularattention to it's regolution 39,/138 $hen lhey nex! ne!. In Ehat connection, che Connittee on the El.inination of Racial Discrimination considered Ebe issue at its thirty-first and thirty-second sessions, lhe Hunan Rights CornniEtee at its teenty-fourth and twenty-fifLh sessions and the sessional working Group ot Governnental, Experbs on the Inplenentation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and cultural Rigtrts at its 1985 session. The viess exPreseed by^/ 40/600 English Page 3
analysis: The text appears to be related to the implementation and monitoring of human rights conventions, specifically the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It discusses the reporting obligations of states parties and the role of various UN bodies in reviewing and advising on the implementation of these conventions. Given the focus on human rights and the involvement of UN bodies, it is likely that the category would fall under a category related to human rights or international cooperation.