189. With reference to article 6 of the Convention, members asked whether a non-Arab lawyer could plead in Arabic before a COUrt in Qatar. -47- 190. Regarding article 7 of the Convention, members of the Committee wished to know whether prevention of discrimination was included as a subject in educational curricula and whether the texts of instruments relating to human rights were. studied in the schools. 191. The representative of Qatar said that he did not agree with some of the criticisms voiced in the Committee concerning the implementation of the Convention in his country. He reaffirmed that the Government of Qatar was not aware of any violations of the Convention in its territory that called for special legislation. Yuaoslavia 192. The ninth and tenth periodic reports of Yugoslavia (CERD1C11721Add.9) were considered by the Committee at its 674th and 875th meetings, held on 14 August 1990 (CERDlWSR.874 and SR.875). 193. In his introductory statement, the representative of the State party informed the Committee concerning the important changes that had taken place recently in Yugoslavia, including the introduction of a market economy and the coexistence of several different forms of ownership, the end of the single-party system and the change over to a multi-party one, the democratisation of the social and political system, frequent resort to referenda on issues of public interest, etc. The Yugoslav Parliament had adopted 24 amendments to the Federal Constitution and a new constitution was in preparation. The law amending the Yugoslav Criminal Code adopted in May 1990 altered radically the definition of what had previously been called political offences and Yugoslavia's legislation was now aligned with the legislation of other Europea-n countries. Particular attention had been paid to the question of human rights in Yugoslavia and new mechanisms for the exercise of those rights had been set up. The representative also provided detailed information on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Qatar and Yugoslavia. It discusses the representation of Qatar before the Committee, the submission of periodic reports by Yugoslavia, and the changes in Yugoslavia's political and legal systems. While some economic and social changes are mentioned, the primary focus is on human rights and the implementation of the CERD.

**Category**
Education, Humanitarian aid and relief