Five of lhe lnstruments are currently in force: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rightst the International @venant on Civil andPolitical Rightst Che International Convention on the Elininat.ion of AII Forms of Racial DiscrininaEioni the InEernaLional Conventj,on on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crine ot Apartheidt and the Crnvenlion on the Elininat.ion of AI1 Forns of Discrinination against llomen. 8. Under each of these instrunenEs, States part.ies have undertaken to subnitinitial and periodj.c reporte to an international supervisory body responsibl.e fornonitoring lhe inplenentation o! the relevant conventions. Horever, theperiodicity of reporting afEer lhe entry inlo force varies fron one instrunent toanother. For t.he International Covenant on Econonlc, Social and Cul!ural Rights,the Econonic and Social Council has adopted a six-year-cycle of reporting under rrhich reports on specific groups of art.icles of lhe CovenanE have to be subnittgdA/ 40 /600 Eng Ii sh Page 4 by States parties in three biennial stages. Byits decision 1985/132 of 28 May 1985. the Council, Phile naintaining the current Progranme of biennial reports for the first cycle of lhe reporting procedure, dec ialeal to prolong by one year the periodicity of reporEing under the aecond and subsequent cycles of tbe reporting procedure. Inilial reporcs under the Internati.onal Covenan! on Civil and Political Rights are co be submittecl githin one year afEer Ehe entry into force for the State parEy and subsequently every five years, The Internationa! Convention on Ehe ElirDination of All Forms of Racial Discrininalion stipulatei that che iniEial repor! is to be subnitEeal rrithin one year after the enEry into force and thereafEer every tno yeara. Under the InteEnational ConvenEion on Ehe SupPression and Punj,shnent of Ehe Crine of Apartheid, States parEies are expecUed to submit their init.ial and periodic reports every t$o years. Under the ConvenEion on the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international treaties and agreements related to human rights, specifically focusing on the reporting mechanisms and periodicities of various conventions. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on international relations and governance.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations