lommunications totheCommittee ontheElimination ofRacialDiscrimination for con.ideration. Twelveofthe128Statesthathaveratified 01'acceded tothe Convention havedeclared thattheyrecognize thecompetence oftheCommittee to receive andconsider communications underarticle 14oftheConvention. i/These State.areCostaRica,Denmark, Ecuador, France, Iceland, Italy,theNetherlands, Norway, Peru, Seneg~l, SwedenandUruguay. Nocommunication canbereceived bythe Committee ifitconcerns aStatepartytotheConvention thathasnotrecognized thecompetence oftheCommittee toreceive a~dconsider communications. 445.COJsideration ofcommunications underarticle 14oftheConvention takesplace inclosedmeetings (rule88oftheCummittee's rulesofprocedure). Alldocuments pertaining totheworkofth~Committee underarticle 14(submissions fromthe ~erties an~otherworking documents attheCommittee) arer.onfidential. 446.Incarrying out ~tsworkunderarticle 14oftheConvention, theCommittee may be~ssisted byaworking groupofnotmorethanfive ~.itsmembers, whichsubmits recommendations totheCommittee regarding thefulfilment oftheconditions of admissibility ofcommunications (rule87)orontheactiontobetakeninrespect ofcommunications thathavebeendeclared admissible (rulo95,para.1). 4.7.TheCommittee beganitsworkunderarticle 14oftheCon'Jntionatits thirtieth session, in1984.Itconsldered issuesunderarticle 14atits thirty-first andthirty-second sessions, in1985,itsthirty-fourth session, in 1987,itsthirty-sixth session, in1988,anditsthirty-seventh session, in1989. Atitslhirty-siw·;h session, on10August 1988,theCommittee adopteditsopinion oncommunication No.1/1984 (Yi)~az-Dogan v.TheNethe~lands). 5/ 448.Atitsthirty-seventh session, theCommittee hadbeforeitcommunication No.2/1989(D.T.D.v.rrance). Itdecided totransmit thecon~unication tothe StatAparty,pursuant torule92ofitsrulesofprocedure, andtorequest information andobservations relevant tothequestion oftheadmissibility ofthe cummunication. 449.Underarticle 14,paragraph 8,oftheConvention, theCommittee shallinclude inittannualreportasummary ofthecommunications considered byitandofthe explanations andstatements oftheSt~tes par~ies concerned, together withthe Committp.e's ownbuggestions andrecommendations thereon. Thisreporting st4qehas notbeenreached yetinrespect ofcommunication No.2/1989. -84-456.Atitsthirty-sixth session, theCommittee approved theappointment ofthe members ofitsthreeworking groupstoexamine thedocumentati~n submitt.d toit underarticle 15oftheConvention andtoreporttotheCommittee ontheir findings, aswellastheiropinions andrecommendations, for.consideration bythe Committee atitsthirtY-beventh session. Theworking groupsthatmetduringthe thirty-seventh session oftheCommittee consisted ofthefollowing membersl (a)Atlantic OceanandCaribbean Territorie.! inc14dil19 Gibraltar Mr.Banton, Mr.aeshetov, Mr.VidasandMr.Yutzis, withMr.Shahi DS Convenor, (b)Pacific apdIndiap0c.anT.rritori •• Mr.B.shir, Mr. Garval~v, Mr.RhenanSegura andMr.Song,with Mr.Sherifis asConvenorl (c)African T.rritQri •• Mr.Ahmadu, Mr.Foighel, Mr.Braunschweig andMr.Ferrero Costa,with Mr.Aboul-Nasr asConvenor. TheCommittee alsoagreedthatMr.Partsch wouldserveasChairman oftheConvenors ofthethreeworking groups. 457.Inaccordance withestablished practice, theCommittee agreed, atits thirty-seventh session, thatthefinaltextofitsopinions anarecommendations underarllcle 15QftheConvention shouldbeprefaced bythefollowing observations. (a)That,inlieuofasummary ofrepQrts andinformation ithadreceived fromUnitedNations bodies, asr.quired byarticle 15,paragraph 3,ofthe Convention, theCommittee wasSUbmitting alistofthosedocuments (seeannexV below), and (b)Thatthe"expressions ofopinion andrecommendations" thattheCommittee wasrequired tosubmittovarious Unit.dNations bodiesrelating tothereports and information thatithadreceived fromthem,inaccordance witharticle 15, paragraph 2(a)and(b)QftheConvention, wereprepared notinseparate texts,but inasingleintegrated teKt,whichwouldbesubmitted totheGeneral Ass.mbly in accordance witharticle 15,paragraph 3,oftheConvention andtotheUnited Nations bodiesconcerned. 458. ~hereports oftheworking groupsmentioned abovewereconsidered bythe Committee atits859thmeeting, heldon29A~gust 1989.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the procedures and activities of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is a human rights body within the United Nations. The text mentions the receipt and consideration of communications under Article 14 of the Convention, which suggests that it is related to human rights issues. The text also discusses the work of working groups and the reporting of the Committee's activities, which implies that it is focused on monitoring and promoting human rights compliance.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education