9. The Minority Rights Group (MRG) had first published a highly critical report on the treatment of Romania's ethnic Hungarians in 1978, when countries in the West were still feting President Ceausescu. The minority rights situation in Romania had deteriorated in the 1980s, and at the end of 1989 MRG had published a new report documenting the situation. There had also been terrible attacks on gypsies and ethnic Hungarians, as well as on ethnic Romanians, and some suggestions of anti-semitism. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.16 page 4 10. Romania had immense problems to tackle with regard to the human rights of both the majority and minority communities. The plight of tens of thousands of children in orphanages was indicative of that. Resources were needed for all communities, and especially to encourage intercommunity co-operation. The Romanian Government had welcomed the continuation of the role of the Special Rapporteur appointed by the Commission on Human Rights and had made strong statements of principle. The Minority Rights Group therefore urged the Sub-Commission and the Commission to monitor the situation in Romania closely. 11. The Sub-Commission was to be congratulated on its constant concern for the Mayas of Guatemala. Despite the initial hopes, their situation had not improved after the elections of 1985. MRG's report on the Mayas of Guatemala, which had been presented to the Commission in February 1990, was consistent with the report prepared by the Expert on Guatemala; however, it found, as regards the Maya, that since the 1980s as many as 20,000 indigenous persons had been killed or had disappeared, that indigenous peoples had been incarcerated in model villages in a deliberate attempt to destroy their culture and way of life, that the collective land holdings of indigenous peoples faced new pressures through expropriation, population growth and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing human rights issues and the treatment of minority groups in Romania and Guatemala. It mentions specific instances of violence and discrimination against certain groups, and urges the Sub-Commission and Commission on Human Rights to monitor the situation closely. The text also highlights the need for resources and cooperation to address these issues. Based on this, it seems likely that the text is related to human rights and humanitarian issues.

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