PROVISIONAL For participants only CERD/C/SR.869 15 August 1990 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Thirty-eighth session PROVISIONAL SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 869th MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Thursday, 9 August 1990, at 3 p.m. Chairman: Mr. SHAHI CONTENTS Organization of work Consideration of reports, comments and information submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention (continued) Corrections to this record should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this docwnent to the Official Records Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva. GE.90-17139/2252B CERD/C/SR.869 page 2 The meeting was called to order at 3,10 p.m, ORGANIZATION OF WORK The CHAIRMAN said the Government of Iraq had requested that consideration of its ninth and tenth periodic reports (CERD/C/159/Add.2 and CERD/C/185/Add.2) should be postponed until the Committee's next session. He suggested that the Committee might like to consider the request and take a decision later. It was so agreed. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS, COMMENTS AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION (agenda item 7) (continued) Third and fourth periodic reports of China (CERD/C/153/Add.2 and CERD/C/179/Add,l) (continued) At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr, Fan Guoxiang (China) took a place at the Committee table. Mr, FERRERO COSTA, Rapporteur appointed for the preliminary examination of the third and fourth periodic reports of China, said that the reports provided valuable new information about the status of the various nationalities in China, and particularly about the legislation which affected minority groups, the Self-Government Laws of Nationality Regions enacted in 1984. The reports were consistent with the Committee's guidelines and had 
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The text appears to be a summary record of a meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, discussing the reports and information submitted by States parties under Article 9 of the Convention. The content focuses on human rights, specifically racial discrimination, and the implementation of the Convention by various countries. Therefore, it is likely that the text falls under a category related to human rights or social issues.

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