E. Additional requirements at full cost 75. The estimated cost of the above programme of work is itemized as follows: 1990 (US dollars) One round trip to Geneva for consultations at the Centre for Human Rights (5 working days) 1 200 -37-F. Potential for absorption 76. The relevant costs to be financed under Section 23 (Human rights) are estimated at $1,200 for 1990. 77. This resolution is considered to be within the scope of perennial activities and resources therefore will be provided from the existing provision for the Economic and Social Council mandates under Section 23 (Human rights), thus making it unnecessary to request any additional appropriation or to have recourse to the contingency fund. RESOLUTION 1990/38. QUESTION OF A DRAFT BODY OF PRINCIPLES AND GUARANTEES FOR THE PROTECTION OF MENTALLY-ILL PERSONS AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE A. Requests contained in the resolution or decision 78. In operative paragraph 1 of draft resolution IV, recommended to the Economic and Social Council for adoption under Commission on Human Rights resolution 1990/38, the Council would authorize an open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights to meet for a period of two weeks prior to the forty-seventh session of the Commission, with a view to continuing the examination, revision and simplification of a draft body of principles and guarantees for the protection of mentally-ill persons and for the improvement of mental health care, for submission to the Commission on Human Rights at its forty-seventh session. B. Relationship of requests to programme of work 79. The activities referred to above fall under chapter 6, section II, "Programme: Centre for Human Rights", subprogramme 2, "Elimination and prevention of discrimination and protection of minorities and vulnerable groups", the objectives of and the strategy for which are described in
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to international human rights and the protection of vulnerable groups, specifically mentally-ill persons and those in need of mental health care. The text mentions the Centre for Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights, and the Economic and Social Council, which suggests that the topic is related to international cooperation and governance.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief