24. Mr. STIRLING (United States of America) said that the resolution just adopted was directed towards the States parties of a Covenant to which his country was not party and on whose monitoring committee it could not serve. He had therefore abstained in the vote. 25. Mr. ABOU HADID (Syrian Arab Republic) said that, had his delegation been present during the voting, it would have voted in favour of draft resolution E/1986/L.22. 26. The PRESIDENT said that he had been in­ formed that the dates 9 to 27 March 1987 were available for holding the first session of the Commit­ tee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at Geneva and that, if he heard no objection, he would take it that the Committee agreed to that venue and to that schedule. It was so decided (decision 1986/123). 78 Economic and Social Council-First Regular Session, 1986 AGENDA ITEM 4 difficulty over some standards, it failed to see how Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (concluded)** DRAFT RESOLUTION E/ 1986/L.17 27. Ms. BOGARDE (Sweden) drew attention to the last preambular paragraph and to paragraph 7 of draft resolution E/1986/L.1 7 and said that the spon­ sors had not expected objections to the references therein to decisions that had been adopted by consensus and to reservations that were incompatible with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. In a spirit of conpromise, they agreed to revise the draft resolution by reluctantly deleting paragraph 7 and adding the following words to the last preambular paragraph: "and to include in the agenda of their next meeting the question of reservations to the Convention,". Draft resolution El 1986/L.ll, as orally revised, was adopted (resolution 1986/4). AGENDA ITEM 5 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (continued) (E/1986/L.16, E/1986/L.25) DRAFT RESOLUTION E/ 1986/L.16 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) discussing resolutions related to human rights and international agreements. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that the topic is of a formal and official nature. The resolutions being discussed are related to human rights, specifically the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

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