the Commission on Human Rights would complete its work in that connection at its forty-first session, so that the convention could be adopted in 1985, during the International Youth Year. 43. Turning to agenda item 98, he said that appreciable progress had been made in the field of human rights and the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination. The entry into force in 1976 of the International Covenants on Human Rights had been a major step in the development of contemporary international law. It was gratifying that a growing number of States had recognized and become parties to the Covenants. Nevertheless, Democratic Kampuchea was deeply concerned ~at human rights, even the most fundamental, were still being violated in many parts of the world, as in Pretoria through the abhorrent practice of apartheid, and in the denial of the right to self-determination of the Kampuchean, Afghan, Namibian and Palestinian peoples. 44. The occupation of foreign territories h¥ the armed forces of a State party to the Covenants, for whatever reason, was a flagrant violation of human rights in general and ot article 1 of both Covenants in particular. For nearly six years, the foreign occupation forces had prevented the people of Kampuchea from enjoying ~eir fundamental rights. Among other things, a policy of physical and spiritual "Vietnamization" of the population was being carried out, thousands of Kampucheans were being detained, their labour was being exploited, their property destroyed, their ancestral lands confiscated and their productive activities prohibited. An alarming development was the invaders' attempt to impose an ethnic and demographic change on the country through the massive and systematic installation o+ Vietnamese settlers, who already numbered more than 600,000. Equipped with weapons, they assisted the occupying forces in killing or expelling the natives, forbidding them 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the violation of human rights and the struggle for self-determination, specifically in the context of the occupation of foreign territories and the denial of fundamental rights. It does not mention economic development, natural resources, or technological advancements, which suggests that it is not related to these categories.

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