text: 2. fn order to asslst the Committee i.n fulfllling the tasks entrusted to ltpursuant to articre 9 0f the convention and further to facilitace the task ofstates parties in the preparation of their reports, the committee has decideal thatlt would be useful to inform states parties of its eishes regarding the form andconten! of their reports. compliance eith these guiderines !r1rr help to ensurethat reports are presented in a uniforn manner and enable the Commitlee and statesparCies to obtain a complete picture of the situation in each Statelmplementation of che provisions of the convention. Thls will alsofor the Committee to regues! further inform€tion under article 9 andprovlsional rules of procedure.as regards the reduce the needlts 4- rt should also be noted, in this connection, that the comnittee stated ln itsGeneral Recomoendatlon rr of 24 February 1972 that, aince all the categories ofinformation requested from states parties refer to obrigsttons undertaken by statesparcies under the convention, the necessary lnformatlon ln conformity uith theseguidelines should be provided by all States parties wlthout distlnctlon, nhether ornot racial discriolnation exisC6 in their respectlve Cerritories. 5. rn serecting lnfornstlon for lnclusion in their reports, states partles shouldbear ln ruind the definltion of the tern nraciar discr lmina tion,' as reflected inarticre r, paragraph l. of the @nvention, as well as the provislons of artlcle r,paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, srhich refer to sltuations not consldered aa racialdiscrlmlnation.3. These general guldelines replace trhich was adopted by the Comoittee onof its report to the General Assemblv 6. The report should regards the practical progress ach i eved.the previous communica tion (CERD/C/R.12) 2S,tanuary 1970 and reproduced ln annex fII A and document CERD/C/36. also reflect ln all its parts the actual sltuation asimpleoentation of the provisions of the Convention and the 1The report should be presented in trro parta, as follows.A/ 40 /600 /Arld,.r Enqli sh Page 28 A. Part one - general 8.This part should: (a) Describe briefly the policy of elininating racial discriflrination in all its forns and the general legal framer,rork within which racial dlscrimination as
analysis: The text appears to be related to international human rights law, specifically the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a document from a UN agency or committee. The text discusses the preparation of reports by states parties to the convention, which indicates a focus on monitoring and reporting on the implementation of human rights norms.