text: UNITED NATIONS General AssemblyD1str. GENERAL A/4O/6O7 l0 September 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fortieth sesslon Item 94 (b) of the provisional agenda* ELII4INATION OF ALL FORti4S OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORIIiS OF EACIAL DISCRIUINATION Report of the secretary-General l. The General Assenbly, by its regolution 2105 A (XX) ot 2l Decenber 1965, adopted and opened for signature and ratificatj.on the Internalional, Convention on the Elimination of All Forns of Racial Discrinination, and invited tha States referred to in article l? ot the convention co 5i9n and ratify it eithout delay. By the same resolution, the Assenbly requested the S ec relary-General to submit to iC reports concerning the slate of ratifications of the Convention. which tdould be considered ty the Agsenbly at future sessions. In reaponSe to that reguest' reports on the status of the Conventi.on have been sutxnitted to the Assenbly annually since its Crrenty-tirst session in 1966. 2. By its resolution 39/20 of 23 Noeenber 1984, the General Ass€nbly took noEe of che report of the S acr etary-cene ra I on the status ot the International Convention on the Erimination of All Forns of Racial Discriminatlon lA/39/4591 i expressed its satisfaction at the increase in the nunber of states that had ratified the Convention or acceded theretoi reaffirned once again its conviction that ratification of or accesslon to the Convention on a universal basis and implementation of its provisions sere necessary for the realization of the objectives ot the Second Decade to Conbat Racism and Racial Discrininationi requested those States that haat not yet becone parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede theretoi called upon States parties to the Conventlon to consider the possibility of naking the declaration provlded for in article 14 of the conventioni
analysis: This text appears to be a report from the United Nations General Assembly, specifically regarding the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The document discusses the history of the convention, the number of states that have ratified or acceded to it, and the assembly's requests for states to consider ratifying or acceding to the convention. Given the focus on human rights and discrimination, it is likely that this text falls under a category related to human rights or social issues.