Britain andNorthern Ireland, UnitedState.ofAmerica, Uruguay, Vene.uela, Yugollavia, Zaire,Zambia. Againstl Bulgaria, Cuba,C.echoslovakia, Nicaragua, Poland, Ukrainian SovietSocialilt Republic, UnionofSovietSocialilt Republic •• Ab.tainingl Iraq,LibyanArabJamahiriya. 96.Beforethedraftdeci.ion waladopted, Itatementl weremadebythe repre.entativel ofCanadaandThailand andtheoblerverl forDemocratic Kampuchea, VietNamandCOltaRica(leeB/1989/SR.16). Int.rnationa1 Coy.nant. onHumaDRight. 97.Atthe22ndmeetinq, on19May,theoblerver fortheByelorul.ian Soviet Socialilt Republic, AIonbehalfofAUltra1ia, AIBulgaria, theByelorussian Soviet Socialilt Republic, AIC.echollovakia, Denmark, theGermanDemocratic Republic, AI Hunqary, AIItaly,Mongolia, AINorway, Poland, Portuqal, theUnionofSoviet Socialilt Repub1icI andtheUnitedKinqdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, introduced adraftresolution (B/l989IC.Z/L.19) entitled "International Covenants onHumanRightl". 98.Atthelamemeeting, theCommittee adopted thedraftrelolution. 99.rol10wing aItatement bytheSecretary oftheCouncilatthe16thplenary meeting, on24May,theCouncil adopted thedraftrelolution rGcommended bythe Committee (B/1989/88, para.59,draftresolution IX).rorthefinalteat,.ee Council relo1ution 1989/81. ~ringtmeDt. oftradeunioDrightsinSouthAfrica 100. A~the22ndmeeting, on19May,theobserver forBurkina raso,AIonbehalfof theAfricanStatel, introduced adraftresolution (B/1989/C.2/L.20) entitled "Infringements oftradeunionrightsinSouthAfrica". 101.Atthe.amemeeting, theCommittee adopted thedraftresolution. 102.Atthe16thplenary meetinq oftheCouncil, on24May,therepresentative of Lelotho propoled toamendthedraftresolution recommended bytheCommittee (B/1989/88, para.59,draftrelolution X)byreplacing thewords"toenlurethat theSouthAfrican regimereferthecomplaint" bythewords"toensurereferral of thecomplaint" afterthewords"Reg;ueltl theSecretary-General topersist inh.l'J efforts" inoperative paragraph 9. 103.Atthesamemeeting, theCouncil adopted thedraftrelolution,. asorally amended. rorthefinaltext,leeCouncil resolution 1989/82. ReportoftheCommislioD ODHumanRightl 104.Atits16thplenary meeting, on24May,onthepropolal ofthePrelident. the Council tooknoteofthereportoftheCommislion onHumanRightlonits forty-fifth leslion (B/1989/20). SeeCouncil decision 1989/157. -90--Froyi.ional rul••ofproc.dur. adapt.d bytheCgmmitt••gnEcgngmic. SgCial-And Cultural Right- 105.Atits16thpl.nary m.eting, on24May,ontheproposal ofthePresident, the Council d.cided todeferuntilitsfirstregularsellion of1990consideration of theprovisional rulesofprocedure adopted bytheCommittee onEconomic, Socialand Cultural Rightsatitsthirdlession(E/1989/L.9, annexIV).SeeCouncil decision 1989/158. Pr.-••llignal wgrking grgupgftheCgmmitt••gnEcongmic. SgcialandCultural Right. 106.Atits16thplenary me.ting, on24May,theCouncil wasinformed thatno actionhadbeentak.nbytheS.cond(Social) Committ••ontherecomm.ndation contained inparagraph 338ofthereportoftheCommittee onEconomic, Socialand Cultural Rights(E/1989/L.9) regarding apre-selsional working groupofthe Committee. B.WOMEN 107.TheCouncil conlidvred thequestion ofwomenatitsfirstregular selsion (ag.nda item10).Ithe,dbeforeitthefollowing documents. (a)R.portoftheCommittee ontheElimination ofDi.crimination against Womenonitleighths.ssion (A/44/38), 11 (b)ReportoftheSecretary-General onthepreparation ofasystem-wide medium-term planfortheadvancement ofwomenfor19\'6-2001 (E/1989/9)I (c)ReportoftheCommission ontheStatusofWomenonitsthirty-third session (E/1989/~7), fil (d)ReportoftheBoardofTrustees oftheInternational Research and T.aining Institut. fortheAdvancement ofWomenonitsninth.el.ion (E/1989/46), (e)Not.bytheS.cretary-General onnational exp.rience re~ating tothe lituation ofwomeninruralareas(E/1989/70), (f)NotebytheSecretariat transmitting draftresolution XIII,entitled "Enlargement oftheCommillion ontheStatusofWomen", recommended bythe Commis.ion ontheStatu.ofWomenatitsthirty-second •••Iion,andtheamendment. propo.ed ther.to (E/1989/C.2/L.l), (g)Statement submitted bytheInternational Federation ofWomenLawyers, a non-gov.rnmental organization inconsultative statuswiththeEconomic andSocial Council, category 11(E/1989/NGO/3). 11Forthefinalreport. seeOfficial R'Cgrds gftheG.n.ral As•.mblY, [arty-fourth Selsign. Suppl.m.nt No.~. ilForthefinalr.port.le.Official R.cord. gftt~Ecgngmic apdSocial .CgUPCil. 1989.Suppl.m.pt Ng.9(E/1989/27/Rev.l).
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Economic and Social Council, discussing various resolutions and decisions related to human rights, women's rights, and the work of the Council. The text does not specifically focus on economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, or humanitarian aid and relief. However, it does mention the Commission on Human Rights, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Commission on the Status of Women, which suggests that the text is related to the social and cultural aspects of the UN's work.

**Category**
Human rights, Culture