F, Other matters Forty-third session 11. The Committee was informed by the Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session 2/ and took note with appreciation of the reaffirmation by the Secretary-General of the vital role of human rights in international affairs. The Under-Secretary-General also briefed members on the work of the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Conference on Human Eights and noted that the Committee's preliminary comments and recommendations, adopted in July 1991, had been brought to the attention of the Preparatory Committee. Members were also briefed on the recent activities of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Advisory Services of the Centre for Human Rights. 12. The Committee discussed in detail the possibility of modifying some of its procedures under article 40, paragraph 4, of the Covenant. Members of the Committee felt that observations or comments reflecting the views of the Committee as a whole at the end of the consideration of any State party report should be embodied in a written text, which would be dispatched to the State party concerned as soon as practicable. Three options were considered; to change the manner of drafting the Committee's annual report so that, instead of the paragraphs giving the conclusion of members of the Committee on a State party report, the views of the Committee itself should be presented; drafting a text setting out the Committee's conclusions, following its consideration of a report/ for adoption at the subsequent session of the Committee; and preparing such a text for adoption at the same session of the Committee. The working group that was to meet prior to the forty-fourth session was requested to study the matter further, 13. The Committee also reviewed the methods of work generally with a view to making better use of its time during the dialogue with States parties. It was agreed that the number of chapters included in lists of issues for State party reports should be reduced and that the lists should be made more precise and concise. 14. The Committee, taking note of recent and current events affecting the situation of human rights in Yugoslavia, adopted a special decision (see para. 37 and annex VII). Forty-fourth session 15. The Committee was informed by the representative of the Secretary-General that Mr. Antoine Blanca had been appointed to succeed Mr. Jan Martenson both as Director-General of the United Hations Office at Geneva and as UnderSecretary-General for Human Rights. Members were also informed of the solemn commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Covenants held by the General Assembly on 16 December 1991 and noted with satisfaction the General Assembly's declaration concerning the great contributions to the protection of human rights that had flowed from the acceptance of the Covenants. They also took note with interest of the suggestion, made in the contest of the Third Committee's discussions on the issue of emergency humanitarian interventions. -3-