UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/13 7 Auqust 1990 Oriqinal: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Forty-second session Aqenda item 4 REVIEW OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN FIELDS.WITH WHICH THE SUB-COMMISSION HAS BEEN CONCERNED Written statement submitted by Friends of the Earth, International Educational Development, Inc. and the Sierra Club Leqal Defense Fund, non-qovernmental orqanizations on the Roster, and Disabled Peoples' International and the International Indian Treaty Council, non-qovernmental orqanizations in consultative status (cateqory II) The Secretary-General has received the followinq communication which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1296 (XLIV). 1. The Sub-Commission, in its decision 1989/108, asked Ms. Fatma Ksentini to prepare a concise note on the methods by which a study of human riqhts and the environment could be made. Non-qovernmental orqanizations were asked to submit relevant information and observations to assist Ms. Ksentini. 2. The Sierra Club Leqal Defense Fund submitted two papers to Ms. Ksentini (one in September 1989 and the other in June 1990) settinq out its views preparatory to her workinq paper. We now join with the Sierra Club Leqal Defense Fund in urqinq that the Sub-Conunission appoint Ms. Ksentini as [7 Auqust 1990] GE.90-17093/4163a E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/13 paqe 2 Special Rapporteur to prepare a comprehensive study on this lonq overdue and increasinqly more urqent human riqhts issue. We are equally convinced that this study will become one of the major documents in the field of human riqhts in the years to come. 3. The Commission on Human Riqhts, in its resolution 1990/41 of 6 March 1990, has already welcomed the initiative of the Sub-Commission on this topic. In introducinq the resolution, Mr. Vassilenko (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republics) pointed out that rapid scientific and technoloqical 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to a discussion on human rights and the environment. It mentions a study on the relationship between human rights and the environment, and the importance of addressing this issue. The text also references the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and Disabled Peoples' International, which suggests that environmental and social justice issues are being discussed. Given the focus on human rights and the environment, it is likely that the category will be related to these topics.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Humanitarian aid and relief