Subject to the availability of financial resources, the Committee may meet for the scheduled period or for as little as one week or as much as four weeks. Document : Report of the Committee on the Eliminatioo of Racial Discrimination on its thirty-eighth session, Supplement No. 18 (A/45/18). the -of At its forty-fourth session, &3.Q/ the General Assembly strongly appealed to all States parties, especially those in arrears, to fulfil their financial obligations under article 8, paragraph 6, of the Convention and to pay their outstanding contributions and, if possible, their contributions for 1990 before 1 January 1990, so as to enable the Committee to meet regularlyr and requested the Secretary-General to invite those States parties which were in arrears to pay tbe amounts in arrears, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-fitth session (resolution 44168). Document: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 44168). At its twenty-eighth session, in 1973, the General Assembly adopted and opened for signature en& ratification the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Ap&zk&U and appealed to all States to sign and ratify it as soon as possible (resolution 3068 UKVIII)). At its thirtieth session, the General Assembly requested the ISecretary-General to submit to it annual reports on the status of the Convention (resolution 3380 MXX)). The Convention, in accordance with its article XV, paragraph 1, entered into force on 18 July 1976, on the thirtieth day after the date of tbo deposit with the Secretery-General of the twentieth instrument of setification or accesrion. As at 1 April 1990r 89 States had ratified or acceded to the Convention. At its forty-fourth session, Up/ the General A6sembly took note of ths report of the Secretary-General on tbs Ststus of the Conventiant appealed once again to 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the status of an international convention related to racial discrimination. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting a focus on international governance and diplomacy. The text mentions financial resources and contributions, which implies a connection to economic issues. However, the primary focus is on the convention and its implementation, rather than economic development or resource management.

**Category**
International humanitarian aid and relief, Education