out in document A/39/461. It had taken 18 years for slightly more than 50 per cent of the States Members of the United Nations to become parties to those international instruments. There was little reason to expect that the process would be accelerated unless appropriate steps were taken. Therefore the vital task of the international community and the United Nations was to attain universal accession of Member States to the Covenants and all international instruments on human rights. The United Nations, particularly the Centre for Human Rights, could I ... A/C.3/39/SR.49 English Page 9 (Mr. Kalinowski, Poland) play an important role in achieving the goal, including the elaboration of a plan of action which would cover various activities in that field. 22. Turning to the meeting of chairmen of various organs dealing with human rights (A/39/484), he said it was regrettable that the Chairman of the Group of Three established under article IX of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid and the Chairman of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women had not been among the participants. His delegation had hoped that the meeting would come to some conclusions which might help to improve the norms connected with the reporting obligations of States parties. Instead, contrary to the decision of the General Assembly, the meeting had produced some rather strange ideas, including that of a system of regional advisers on international human rights standards who would visit various countries, and that of sending sending of experts from human rights bodies or the Centre for Human Rights on short missions to advise Governments. Poland had serious doubts that such proposals would effectively contribute to progress in the operation of reporting procedures and had serious objections to the continu~tion of meetings of the chairmen. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international efforts to promote human rights, with a focus on the United Nations' role in achieving universal accession to human rights instruments and the potential for regional advisers and expert missions to improve reporting procedures. The tone suggests a concern for the effectiveness of these efforts and the potential for misdirection.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights