involuntary disappearances on which consensus had been reached. The relatives of disappeared persons had also contributed to the drafting of the declaration, as had members of the Sub-Commission, non-governmental organizations and governments including the Government of Portugal. 73. She referred to cases of three disappeared persons in the Latin American region, including a mother of four who had founded an association of disappeared persons in Ayachuco, Peru, and two adolescents of 14 and 17 years of age detained by the Ecuadorian police. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.26 page 13 74. Reports had also reached her association from other parts of the world of some thousand persons who had disappeared from Turkish Kurdistan between 1986 and 1989, and of the finding of a common grave containing the bodies of 73 executed persons. Moreover, a Saharan organization of the relatives of disappeared detainees had been set up to establish the facts about the disappearance of 800 Saharans for which the Government of Morocco was responsible, and was reporting further disappearances. 75. Those examples went to show that the practice of enforced disappearances was very much alive and demonstrated the vital need for the declaration, whose approval she hoped the Sub-Commission would expedite. The declaration would be a fitting tribute to the memory of all disappeared persons, including the Honorary President of her Association, Elida de Galletti. 76. The impunity of the perpetrators of enforced disappearances was safeguarded by laws, amnesties and pardons, a practice denounced by her Federation as immoral and contrary to international law. 77. Mr. TUrk resumed the Chair. 78. Ms. KIRCHER (Amnesty International) said that the continued widespread use of administrative detention raised many issues of serious concern to her organization. 79. As noted in the report on the practice by Mr. Joinet (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/29), administrative detention circumvented the ordinary judicial process. It gave extensive powers to the executive authorities and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing human rights violations, specifically enforced disappearances and administrative detention, and the need for a declaration to address these issues. The focus is on the impact on individuals and communities, rather than on economic or environmental issues.

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