text: United Nations GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY -NINTH SESSION Official Records* SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 48th MEETING Chairman: Mr. MADAR {Somalia) CONTENTS THIRD COMMITTEE 48th meeting held on Friday, 23 November 1984 at 10.30 a.m. New York TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF HIS EXCELLENCY MR. ALEKSEY FEDOSSEEVICH VATCHENKO, PRESIDENT OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC AGENDA ITEM 95: ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE {continued) AGENDA ITEM 96: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS {continued) AGENDA ITEM 97: QUESTION OF A CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD {continued) AGENDA ITEM 98: INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS {continued) {a) REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE {continued)J {b) STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL {continued); {c) ELABORATION OF A SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, AIMING AT THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY {continued); AGENDA ITEM 99: TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT: REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL {continued) ·T~j, record i\ -.ubjcct to correction. Corrections ~hould be sent under the signature of a member of the dele- ia1ion l"'nccrncd within one M't>ek of the date of publication to the Chief of the Official Records Editing Section, room fX.'2-750, 2 United Nation-; Plaza. and incorporated in a copy of the record. Correction!'> will be is,ucd after the end of the session, in a separate fascicle for each Committee. 84-57911 7794S {E) Distr. GENERAL A/C.3/39/SR.48 4 December 1984 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: SPANISH I ... A/C.3/39/SR.48 English Page 2 The meeting was called to order at 11.15 a.m. 
analysis: This text appears to be a summary record of a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, specifically the Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian, and cultural matters. The agenda items discussed include human rights, torture, and the rights of the child, suggesting that the meeting was focused on issues related to human dignity and well-being.