42. The preparation of a detailed reporting manual, to assist States in fulfilling their reporting obligations (A/44/539, para. 6) was receiving priority attention. Additionally, in an effort to expedite the timely and effective consideration of States parties' periodic reports, a number of treaty bodies had decided to appoint rapporteurs or pre-sessional working groups and had instructed them, inter alia, to draw up a specific list of issues to be considered in respect of each report (A/44/539, para. 7). 43. The Commission also had before it a study carried out by an independent expert, in accordance with resolution 1985/47, on possible long-term approaches to enhancing the effective operations of the bodies established under the United Nations human rights instrvmients. That study (A/44/668) had been submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session. Finally, a task force had been instructed to study computerizing the work of the treaty monitoring bodies in relation to reporting, in accordance with Commission resolution 1989/46. The report of the Secretary-General on that study had been submitted to the Commission (E/CN.4/1990/39). 44. Mr. de RIVERO BARRETO (Peru) said that, when considering the agenda items which Mr. Nyamekye had just introduced, the Commission should give some thought to the effects which economic adjustment policies tindertaken as a result of foreign debt, might have - and did have - on the effective enjoyment of htmian rights. The issue was a sensitive and complex one, but one which had to be discussed. He was not trying to provoke a North-South confrontation, because such an exercise would not only be futile, but would run counter to the spirit of dialogue which, in the current world situation, should activate the Commission's current session. The world had seen the irresistible advance of civil and political rights and democracy in the covintries of Central and 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the activities and reports of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, specifically related to the monitoring of human rights treaties and the potential impact of economic policies on the enjoyment of human rights. The mention of economic adjustment policies and foreign debt suggests that the text is related to economic development, but the primary focus is on human rights rather than economic development per se.

**Category**
Human rights