United Nations Headquarters in New York, including the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. In this respect the Secretary-General should be invited to render to the Special Rapporteur all necessary assistance with a view to establishing these contacts. 220. Regarding further action in the areas dealt with in the present progress report, the following recommendations are made to the Sub-Commission; (a) The Sub-Commission should invite the Commission on Human Rights, at its forty-seventh session, to consider requesting the Secretary-General to organize a seminar under the United Nations programme of human rights activities in 1992-1993 for discussion of appropriate indicators to measure achievements in the progressive realization of economic, social and cultural, rights. Such a seminar should provide the opportunity for a broad exchange of views among experts with the relevant expertise in the use of social and economic indicators in different fields and should contribute to the strengthening of co-ordination among United Nations organs and agencies in that regard. (b) The Sub-Commission is invited to suggest to the Special Rapporteur the areas in which further standard-setting might be considered necessary. In addition to suggestions made in the preliminary report and in this progress report, the Sub-Commission might consider other possible areas so as to enable the Special Rapporteur to concentrate further analysis of standard-setting in those fields where standard-setting appears to be most desirable. (c) With regard to the question of extreme poverty, the Sub-Commission should bear in mind the request made by the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1990/15 of 23 February 1990, "... to examine the question of extreme poverty and exclusion from society in greater depth and to carry out a specific study of this question". In the opinion of the present Special Rapporteur, such a study should approach the question of extreme poverty in 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the progressive realization of economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as standard-setting and the measurement of achievements in these areas. It also mentions the Commission on Human Rights and the Secretary-General, suggesting a focus on international cooperation and human rights. Given the emphasis on economic and social rights, it is likely that the text is related to the development of policies and programs aimed at addressing poverty and improving living conditions.

**Category**
Human Rights, Economic development