housing. It had also adopted a number of suggestions and recommendations of a general nature formulated on the basis of its consideration from the reports of States parties and the reports of the specialized agencies. The Committee had, inter alia, expressed the hope that the Economic and Social Council would approve its provisional rules of procedure and would authorize a working group to meet one to three months before the Committee's annual session. 40. More detailed information could be found in the Committee's report on its third session (E/1989/22). The report on the fourth session would be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session in 1990 to be held in May. 41. Introducing agenda item 18, he said that the item had been included in the agenda in accordance with Commission resolution 1989/47 and dealt with the effective functioning of bodies established pursuant to the United Nations E/CN.4/1990/SR.16 page 10 hiinian rights instniments. The Secretary-General's report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session (A/44/539) was before the Commission and it gave details of progress achieved by the treaty bodies and by the Secretary-General in simplifying, rationalizing and improving reporting procedures. Significant progress had been made during the past year in respect of the consolidation of the Reporting guidelines produced by the various treaty bodies; a revised draft text of the consolidated guidelines had been approved by most of the international human rights treaty bodies, and the final text was expected to be agreed by all of them during 1990. The adoption of the consolidated guidelines would ease the burden on States which were parties to several international instruments, by making it possible for them to submit the same core document to the various treaty bodies in respect of the initial part of their report (A/44/539, para. 5 and annex). 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the functioning of bodies established to promote and protect human rights, including the United Nations Economic and Social Council, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and treaty bodies. The report mentions the simplification and rationalization of reporting procedures, as well as the adoption of consolidated guidelines for reporting. This suggests that the text is related to human rights and international governance, rather than economic development or other specific sectors.

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