I • • • ' E/1990/SR.S English Page 11 (Mr. Mattenson) against apartheid, and the Commission on Human Rights and the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities repeatedly took firm stands against apartheid and undertook their own anti-apartheid activities. As Co-ordinator for the Decade, he maintained contacts at the senior level within the various United Nations offices with a view to co-ordinating activities already under way or planned, and in order to identify areas in which new initiatives might be qaken. Furthermore, at the second regular session of the Administrative Commitdee on Co-ordination, held in New York in October 1989, he had drawn attention to th~ question of the implementation of the Programme of Action. He had reported on reqent progress in the field and made specific recommendations for future action. T~e matter remained on the Committee's agenda and programme of work, and would be de,lt with again in October 1990. The aim was to mobilize the resources of the enti,e United Nations system in the fight against racism. In that context, the Centre for Human Rights was organizing an inter-agency meeting in Geneva later in the current month in order to consider further steps in the common I endeavour to achieve the aims of the Second Decade. Public informatidn activities were clearly essential as a way of making the United Nations role iJ the combat against racism better known and of mobilizing public support for the objectives of the Second Decade. On numerous occasions both he and .his colleagues had spoken of the fight against racism and racial discrimination in television and radio interviews on stations world wide and in United Nations broadcasts, and had also reviewed with the press the implementation of the overall programme of activities. The strengthening of contacts and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the United Nations' efforts to combat racism and racial discrimination, specifically in the context of the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. The language used is formal and official, suggesting that it is a report or statement from a UN agency or official. The text mentions various activities and initiatives taken by the UN, including meetings, reports, and public information campaigns. These activities seem to be focused on raising awareness and mobilizing support for the fight against racism, rather than addressing any specific economic or environmental issue.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education