and Liberation of Peoples, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) (E/CN.4/1990/NGO/32); Written statement submitted by the Four Directions Council, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II) (E/CN.4/1990/NGO/42, E/CN.4/1990/NGO/49). 167. At the 9th meeting, on 5 February 1990, Mr. Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, Special Rapporteur on the question of the use of mercenaries, introduced his report (E/CN.4/1990/11). 168. In the general debate on this item, 3/ statements were made by the following members of the Commission: Argentina (6th), Bangladesh (6th), China (6th), Cuba (6th), Cyprus (6th), Germany, Federal Republic of (4th), Ghana (6th), Iraq (8th), Japan (6th), Morocco (6th), Nigeria (4th), Pakistan (6th), Panama (9th), Philippines (5th), Portugal (6th), Spain (5th), Sri Lanka (5th), Sweden (5th), Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (5th), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (6th), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (5th), United States of America (6th). 169. The Commission also heard statements by the Observers for: Algeria (7th), Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (4th), Cambodia (8th), Czechoslovakia (5th), German Democratic Republic (4th), Greece (7th), Indonesia (7th), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (9th), Israel (7th), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (6th), Nicaragua (8th), Oman (3rd), Qatar (8th), Syrian Arab Republic (4th), Tunisia (6th), Turkey (7th), Viet Nam (7th), Yemen (6th). 170. Statements were also made by the Observers for Palestine (7th) and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (2nd). 171. The Commission heard statements by the following non-governmental organizations: American Association of Jurists (10th), Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (10th), International Association against Torture (8th), International Commission of Jurists (9th), International Federation for Human Rights (9th), International Indian Treaty Council (8th), International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples (9th), International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (9th), Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees (10th), Minority Rights Group (10th), Pax Christi (9th), World Federation of
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report from a United Nations Commission on Human Rights, discussing the use of mercenaries and related issues. The text mentions various countries, organizations, and individuals, and appears to be focused on human rights and international relations.

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