UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.20 27 August 1990 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES Forty-second session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIRST PART ~/ OF THE 20th MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Tuesday, 21 August 1990, at 4 p.m. Chairman: later: CONTENTS Mr. TURK Mr. TREAT Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies of racial discrimination and segregation and of apartheid in all countries, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories: report of the Sub-Commission under Commission on Human Rights resolution 8 (XXIII) (continued) * The summary record of the second part of the meeting appears as document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.20/Add.l. This record is subject to correction. Corrections 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 document to the Official Records Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Any corrections to the records of the public meetings of the Sub-Commission at this session will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued.shortly after the end of the session. GE.90-12915/2308B E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.20 page 2 The meeting was called to order at 4.25 p.m. QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING POLICIES OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION AND OF APARTHEID, IN ALL COUNTRIES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COLONIAL AND OTHER DEPENDENT COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES: REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMISSION UNDER COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION 8 (XXIII) (agenda item 6) (continued) (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/15, 16 and 49; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NG0/2, 6, 10, 19 and 20; E/CN.4/1990/3, 24-27, 45 and Add.l, 52 and 55; A/44/620) 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a summary record of a meeting of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, discussing human rights violations, racial discrimination, segregation, and apartheid. The content focuses on the report of the Sub-Commission and the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly in colonial and dependent countries and territories. Given the focus on human rights and discrimination, it is likely that the category is related to issues of social justice and human dignity.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education