15 December 1989, the critical situation with regard to overdue reports from States parties to the International Covenants of Human Rights, Recognizing also, as did the General Assembly in its resolution 44/135 of 15 December 1989, the need for securing sufficient financial resources to ensure the proper functioning of the human rights treaty bodies. Concerned that the financial and staff resources of the Centre for Human Rights have not kept pace with its increasing workload, 1. Welcomes the proposal for a world conference on human rights; 2. Recommends that the annexed guidelines be taken into account in the planning and preparations for the conference; 3. Recommends also that the Commission on Human Rights consider these guidelines at its forty-seventh session; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate this resolution, with its annex, to Governments, specialized agencies. United Nations bodies concerned with human rights and development, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations for their information." ANNEX Guidelines for the World Conference on Human Rights 1. The conference should be convened in 1993, if possible, and in a country that has recently made substantial progress in the achievement of human rights and development. 2. The conference should aim at producing concrete recommendations for improving the effectiveness of United Nations activities in the field of human rights, including proposals for new institutional and financial arrangements. 3. The theme of the conference should be; "New challenges for human rights in the twenty-first century". 4. The specific objectives of the conference should include: (a) A thorough inter-disciplinary evaluation of the effectiveness of existing multilateral mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights; (b) Formulation of proposals for new implementation mechanisms, with particular attention to the future operational aspects of the United Nations human rights programme; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/3 paqe 4 (c) Anticipation of the future personnel and financial needs of the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the promotion and protection of human rights, discussing the need for a world conference on human rights, guidelines for the conference, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of existing mechanisms for human rights promotion and protection. The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather focuses on the institutional and financial arrangements necessary for the promotion of human rights.

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Humanitarian aid and relief, Education