text: 459.TheCommiteee decided todrawtheattention oftheGeneral Assembly andthe relevant UnitedNations bodiestothefollowing observations I "TheCommittee hasexamined theinformation contained inthedocuments andrelating toTrustandNon-Self-Governing Territories andtoallother Territories towhichGeneral Assembly resolution 1514(XV)applies, and transmitted toitbytheSpecial Committee ontheSituat~Qn withregardtothe Implementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples inaccordance withtheprovisions ofarticle 15, -86-VI.SECOND DECADE TOCOMBAT RACISM ANDRACIAL DISCRIMINATION 460.TheCommittee considered thisitdmatits855thto859thmeetings, heldon 25,28and29August ~989. 461.Forthecunsideration oftheitem,theCommittee ha~beforeitthefollowing documents I (a)Genoral Assembly resolution 43/91of8December 19881 Second Decadeto Combat Racism andRacialDiscrimination/ (b)Theroleofprivate groupactiontocombatracism andracial discriminationl reportoftheSecretary-Genoral (A/43/631)/ (c)Theglobalcompilation ofnational legislation against racial discrimination IreportoftheSecretary-General (A/43/637)/ (d)Implementation ~ftheProgramme ofActionfortheSecond DecadetoCombat RacismandRacialDiscriminationl reportoftheSecretary-General (A/43/644)/ (e)Implementation oftheProgramme ofActionfortheSecond DecadetoCombat Racism andRacialDiscriminationl reportoftheThirdCommittee (A/43/775)/ (f) Implement~cio~ oftheProg~amme ofActionfortheSecond DecadetoCombat Racism andRacialDiscriminationl reportoftheSecretary-General (E/1989/42)/ (g)Implementation oftheProgramme ofActionfortheSecond DecadetoCombat RacismandRacialDiscrimination -Globalconsultation onracism andracial discrimination InotebytheSecretdry-Oeneral (E/1989/48). 462.Underthisitem,theCommittee considered therevision ofitsstudyon"the progress madetowards theachievement oftheobjectives oftheInternational Conventio'l ontheElimination ofAllFormsofRacialDi6criminat-ion" (CERD/1), on thebasisofamendments andproposals submitted bythetwodesignated memb~rs, Messrs. BantonandYutzis. TheCommittee haddecided, atitsthirty-sixth session toreviseandupdatethestudy,publisheu in1978asitscontribu~ion toth~First WorldConference toCombat Racism andRacialDiscrimination, ontheoccasion ofits twentieth yearofactivities undertheConvention, whichtheCommittee inte~ds to commemorate in1990(seepara.468below). q63.Members oftheCommittee commended thetwodesignated members forthechanges andtherevision theyhadproposed. Theproposed changes andmodifications were considered paragraph byparagraph, and~ecessar~ amendments anddeletions weremade. 464.Atits8~8thmeeting, theCommittee concluded thefirstreading ofthe revision ofitsstudy.Itagreedthatthefirstdraftrevision ofthestudy, takingintoaccount theviewsexpressed bythemembers oftheCommittee, shouldbe prepared bytheSecretariat, inconsultation withthedesignated members, forthe approval oftheCommittee atitsthirty-eighth session. 465.TheCommittee alsoconsidered therelevant documents submitted bythe Sacretary-General underthisitem.TheChairman introduced thereportofthe GlobalConsultation onRacism andRacialDiscrimination (E/1989/48), which,in -88-non-governmental organizations andtherepresentatives ofILOandUNESCOwill alsobeinvited toparticipate inthecommemorative meetings. 3.TheCommittee further agreedtoinviteStatesparties totheConvention togivethewidestpossible publicity totheworkoftheCommitteo andtothe principles andobjectives oftheConvention d\\ringthiscommemorative reriod, andtoworkfor.auniversal rbtification oftheConvention. 4.Itwasalsoagreeutoestablish acloselinkwiththeDepartment of PublicInformation oftheUnitedNations atHeadquarters soastoensurewide coverage ofthecommemoration. 5.TheCommittee agreedthattheviewsexchanged andideBsdeveloped during thecommemorativ~ me~tings wouldformthebasisofapamphlet tobeissued by theCentreforHumanRightsandbegivenworld-wide dissemination. -90-VII.DECISION ADOPTED BYTHECOMMITTEE ATITSTHIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION I(XXXVII). SeriQus CQncern fQt...tbL..lJ,ture Qfthe';Qmmittee ontbeSliminatiQn QCRacialDiscrimination TbeCQmmittee ontb.Eliminotion ofRar-ialpiscrimination, Grayely cQncerned thatitsworkwillbedisrupted ifitcannotmeetregularly in1990duetothefailure ofanumberofStatesparties tomeettheirfinancial obligations undertheConvention, Expressing C(~ thattheactionoftheGeneral Assembly atitsforty-thir~ session related tothefinancial situation oftheCommittee did1I0thavethe desired effect,
analysis: The text appears to be related to the United Nations and its efforts to combat racism and racial discrimination. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that it may be a report or resolution from a UN committee or assembly. The text mentions various documents and reports submitted by the Secretary-General, which further supports this hypothesis. Additionally, the text touches on the implementation of a programme of action and the commemoration of a convention, indicating that it may be related to international cooperation and human rights.