C.Memb4rship Andattendance 5.Themembership oftheCommittee remained thesameasin1988(seeannexIll). 6.Allmembers oftheCommittee, exceptMr.Vidas,attended the thirty-seventh session. Messrs. Abmadu, Beshir, Braunschweig, Foighel. Reshetov, RhenanSeguraandSherifis attended onlypartofthesession. 1/ D.Officers oftheCommittee 7.Theofficers elected atthethirty-sixth session foratermoftwoyears,in accordance witharticle 10,paragraph 2,oftheConvention, continued '~oserveat thethirty-seventh session. Theofficers oftheCommittee arethefollowingl -1-Chairman. Mr.080rgeO.LAMPTEY yic.-Chairm.n, Mr.IvanGARVALOV Mr.KarlJosefPARTSCH Mr.MarioJorg.YUTZIS RliFort.url Mrs.Shanti SADIOALl E.CO-Qi.rltion withtheInternational LabourOrganisation andtheUnitedNltIons Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization 8.Inaccordanc. withCommittee decision 2(VI)of21August 1972concerning co-op.ration withtheInt.rnational LabourOrganisation (ItO)andtheUnited Nation. Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization (UNESCO), 1/ repres.ntativ.s ofbothorganizations attended thes.ssions oftheCommittee. 9.Atthethirty-.eventh .es.ion, thereportoftheILOCommittee ofExp.rts on th.Application ofConventions andRecommendations, submitted totheseventy-sixth ••••iono~th.International LabourConf.rence, wasmade ~vailable tothemembers ofth•.Committee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination, inaccordance with arrangement. forco-operation between thetwocommitt.es. TheCommittee tooknote withappreciation ofthereportoftheCommittee ofExperts, inparticu.dr ofthose .ections whichdealtwiththeapplication oftheDiscrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958(No.l!l)andtheIndigenous andTribalPopulations Convention, 1957(No.107),aswellasotherinformation inthereportrelevant to itsactivities. -2-11.ACTION BYTHEGENERAL ASSEMBLY ATITSFORTY-THIRD SESSION 10.TheCQmmittee conGidered thisitematits840th,849th,853rdand 854th me~tings, heldon14,21,and23August1989.Foritsconsideration ofthe item,theCommittee hadbeforeitthefQllowing docun.entsl (a)Reportofthemeeting QfChairpersons ofhumanrightstreatybodies (A/44/98), (b)Letterdated29September 1988fromtheMinister ofForeign Affairs of theNetherlands addressed totheSecretary-General (A/C.3/43/5); (c)ReportoftheSecretary-General onthestatusoftheInternational Convention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofRacialDiscrimination (A/43/5l7); (d)Relevant summary records ottheThirdCommittee (A/C.3/43/SR.4-l7, 23, 39-43, 50and51); (e)Report;s oftheThirdCommittee (A/43/777 andA/43/873); (f)General Assembly resolutions 43/95,43/96and43/115; (g)Commission onHumanRightsresolutions 1989/46 and1989/47. A.Action bytheGeneral AsselD~ly atitsforty-third session ontheannualreport sub~d bytheCommittee under article 9.paragraph 2.oftheCQnvention 11.TheRapporteur oftheCommittee introduced sUb-item (a)ofthisitematthe 840thmeeting oftheCommittee. Shepointed QutthatthereportoftheCommittee hadbeenconsidered bytheGeneral Assembly atitsforty-third session jointly with otherralated matters, suchasthestatusoftheInternational Convention onthe SuppressioD andPunishment oftheCrimeofApartheid, andpointed outthatmore thanhalfoftheMemberStatesthathadparticipated inthedebate ontheitemin theThirdCommittee hademphasized theimportance oftheCommittee onthe Elimination ofR~cialDiscrimination inthefieldofhumanrights, andmanyofthem hadfocused theirattention ontheurgentneedtofindalong-term solution tothe financial crisisfacingtheCommittee atthepresent moment. Manyhademphasi&ed theimportance ofStatesparties fulfilling theirfinancial obligations underthe Convention soastoenabletheCommittee tofunction normally inthedischarge of itsfunctions. 12.TheRapporteur statedthatmanydelegates hadprefaced theirobservations concerning thefinancial crisisfacingtheCommittee byemphasizing thatwith 125Statesparties [currently 128],theConvention hadthehighest numberof adherences inthefieldofhumanrights, andthatbythisoverwhelming adherence, theinternational commnnity hadrecognized theimmoral char8cter ofdiscriminatory practices andhadpledged toeliminate them.Inthatre9ard, delegates had expressed thehopethatalloLherStates wouldratifyoraccedetotheConvention. Shesaidthatdelegations haddescribed theCommittee ontheElimination ofRacial Discrimihat!on asoneofthemostimportant legalinstruments inthefialdofhuman -3-rightsandasabasisforthefightagainst racism, whichhadmadeavaluable
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This text appears to be a report or minutes from a meeting of a committee focused on human rights, specifically racial discrimination. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a specialized or professional context. The content discusses the membership and attendance of the committee, officers, and actions taken by the General Assembly, as well as the committee's report and financial situation. The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather focuses on human rights and international cooperation.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Education