members received personal invitations to visit Iraq. A number of members of the Sub-Commission had attended a conference in Copenhagen at the beginning of April 1990 and had agreed that it would be best to delay any possible visit until the Sub-Commission could meet and discuss the question. While they obviously could not bind any other member, they had, as individual members, cabled all the other members informing them of their view and asking them to report if any disagreed. It transpired that some members had not received the cable and had felt that they were under an obligation to go to Iraq. He fully accepted that attitude. However, he understood that at least one member had been aware of the situation and had nevertheless decided to visit Iraq with the members who had not received the cable. 54 While individual members were entitled to decide and act accordingly, in the context of the situation even a private visit was a kind of fact-finding visit and he, personally, would have set the following conditions •. He would not have travelled at government expense; he would have ensured that he was accompanied by an independent interpreter; he would have requested freedom to visit and revisit any place of interest at any time of his own choice; he would have requested freedom to ask any questions relative to human rights violations; and, even more important, in advance of such a visit he would have contacted the relevant non-governmental organizations, as well as Iraqi refugees, in order to find out to whom he should ask questions and how he should approach the problem in order to obtain as balanced a view of the situation as possible. 55. He now wished to put a question to Mr. Alfonso Martinez, who had visited 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a visit by members of a sub-commission to Iraq, with a focus on gathering information about human rights violations. The speaker is outlining conditions they would have set for such a visit, including ensuring independence, freedom to ask questions, and gathering information from various sources. This suggests that the category is related to human rights or humanitarian aid.

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