conventj.ona comprised 138 States which were parties to at least one of the insLruuEnEs. The nunber of overdue reports from lhese staEes parties for all five irislruments totalled 38 4.A/ 40 /600 Eng Ii sh Page 5 L2. The siEuation sith regard to each of the five hunan rights instrunents containj.ng reportj.ng obligations was as tollords: (a) Ninety-eight rePorts were overdue fron.49 stales Parties to tbe Internationa! Covenant on Econonic, Social and Cultural Rigbts (the total number of SEates parties to tha! Covenant beinE 84) t (b) Ta'enEy-nine reports sere overdue f,ron 28 States parties to the International Covenant. on Civil and Political Rights (the total number of States parties to thal CovenanE being 80) t (c) Ninety-one reports were overdue from 60 Slates parties to the InEernaEionaL Convention on the Elimination of AII Forms of Racial Discrimination(the total nurnbe r of States parties being 124) t (d) one hundred thirty-eight reports vrere overdue fron 64 states parties to lhe tnternational Convention on lhe suppression and Punisbnent of the Crine of Apartheid (the total number of stales parties to that convention being 8l); (e) Tarenty-eigh! rePorcs were overdue fron 28 states parcies to the convention on the Elimina[ion of AII Forms of Discrinination against t{onen (Ehe total number of States parties to that Convention being 67). overdue from a group of 2? StaEes parties which seen to encounter difficulties inI3. Approxinately halfot 2'tthe toEal nunber of outstanding reports (i.e. l?9) were submittirq their reports. Anolher cbaracEerisEic common to this group of states parties is Chat most of lhe States are parties either to four or Co all five of the hunan rj,ghts conventions with the exception of two SEates which are parEies to Ehree conventions, three ehich are parties to tr{o convenci.ons and ttdo tthich are parties Eo only one convention.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the reports submitted by states parties to various international human rights conventions, focusing on the number of overdue reports and the states parties that are parties to multiple conventions. Given the context, it seems that the text is more related to human rights and international law than other fields like economic development, natural resources, or industry.

**Category**
Human rights, International law