'whi:].st dealing' wlth .this questl.on al'though certain specific re fugee situations had glven tise to issues Iike state responslbj.Iity vhen discusEed in the Special Polltieal coffinlt'.ee. Cn a rel-ated subject, 4 conve ntion on tlre Status of Stateless Persons was adopted durl.ng. ttre fourttr Eession in 1949 and a draft Protocol to tlre Corwention wes adopted at the seventtr session in fgsZ. the. questlon of forrm:lation of a Declaratlon of Asylum was debated slnce the slxteenth session and ttre Declaratlon was' f3.na11y adopted ir: 196? at tlre tt enty-second sesElcn of the General Assembly. progress was also achieved on the i.sSue of Ell.minatlon of Raclal, Prejudlce and Religlous Intolerance. A Declaration was adopted at the eighteenth se-sslon inA/ 40 /726 English Page 54 1963 on Elimination of AI1 gorms of RaciaL Dlscrimination and a Convention was adopted on the subject at the twentieth sesslon in 1965.. Ttre irnplenrentation of the Convention had been monltored and debated at tlre subse- guent sesslons-. A draft Convention on Sglhgll was also adopted at the t!{e nty-e l ghttr sesslon in 1973. Sone of the other matters where decl.aratlons were forrm.rLateC cr covenants adoFted j.ncluded the Declaratj.on on the Elinination of Discrimlnatj.on agalnst Wcmen ( t*enty-second sessicn in 196?) as also a Conventsi.on on Marriage ( seventeenth session in 1962) and the Conventj.on on Nationality of Married Women wh ich was opened for s.;gnattrre at the eleventh session in 1956. The qr:es-,ion of, inplement-ation of the Covenant on Economic, Social and CuIh:raI Rj.ghts as.also the Covenant on. CLvll andPoliticaj. Rights has also been debated since the tr"re nty- second session in 1957. lhe Th.lrd Comnittee has progressively dealt lrith a numbe r of other matters which have relevance to ob_ servance of human rights such as Crime prevention, Prohlbitj.on of degrrading punlshment and torture and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international law and human rights, with specific references to the adoption of conventions and declarations by the United Nations General Assembly. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on international relations and governance.

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