text: "(b) To consider becoming parties to the conventions on environmental protection and the conservation of nature; "3. Requests the Secretary-General: "(a) To encourage the incorporation, in future international conventions for the protection of the environment, of provisions under which States would be expected to enact sanctions under national criminal law; "(b) To examine the possibilities of further harmonization of the provisions of existing international instruments entailing penal sanctions under national criminal law; "(c) To prepare a report every five years on developments in the field of environmental criminal law; "(d) To assess the priority to be given to the topic at future United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders." Decision 11/115. Basic principles for the treatment of prisoners* At its 12th meeting, on 16 February 1990, the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, having considered the proposed basic principles for the treatment of prisoners (A/CONF.144/RPM.3), decided to recommend that the Economic and Social Council transmit to the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders the following draft resolution for action under item 4 (topic II) of its provisional agenda: "Ba^ic principles for the treatment of prisoners "The Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. "Bearing in mind the long-standing concern of the United Nations for the humanization of criminal justice and the protection of human rights, "Bearing in mind also that sound policies of crime prevention and control are essential to viable planning for economic and social development, "Recognizing that the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, 139/ adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, are of gfreat value and influence in the development of penal policy and practice,
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the United Nations' efforts to promote environmental protection, conservation, and criminal justice, particularly in relation to prisoners. The discussion of environmental conventions, penal sanctions, and the treatment of prisoners suggests that the category should be related to natural resources and environment, as well as humanitarian aid and relief.