this field. It was ready to play an active part in the remainder of the Second ; Decade and in any successive programme. .ti 328. In the Committee's opinion, any future programme should concentrate upon the universalixation of action. In the first place, there should be greater effort to -76- Secure universal accession to the Convention. In the second place, the Committee will try to secure universality of implementation. some States parties had stated that they had acceded to the Convention to join the movement against racial discrimination as practised by States and that, since, in their view, there was no racial discrimination in their countries, they need do little else, The Committee tried to persuade them otherwise. 329. The Committee warmly welcomed both the compilation of national laws against racial discrimination and the plan to present it for the Committee's examination and recommendations (A/44/574, para. 2). Until the compilation had been received it was not possible to say what form the examination might take, but two questions may well be salient: (a) how best to digest this information to make it useful to States parties; and (b) how best to communicate to States parties the Committee's experience on problems in the implementation of the Convention. 330. Under (a) it will be necessary to consider what, for the purposes of combating racial discrimination, are the "principal legal systems” referred to in article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. A country seeking to prepare legislation may gain most assistance from studying the legislation of States with legal systems similar to its own, The Committee also welcomed the intention to prepare model legislation (A/44/574, para. 9) and believed that that, too, would need to be related to the "principal legal systems”. Under (b) the information will need to be digested with reference 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, specifically focusing on the universalization of action and the compilation of national laws against racial discrimination. The Committee is concerned with providing guidance and recommendations to States parties, suggesting that the text is more related to human rights and social issues rather than economic or environmental topics.

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Education, Humanitarian aid and relief