UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l6 23 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 16th MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Friday, 17 August 1990, at 4 p.m. Chairman: Mr. TURK CONTENTS 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) 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.90-12780/2289B E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l6 page 2 The meeting was called to order at 4.30 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 and 10; E/CN.4/1990/3, 24-27, 45 and Add.l, and 52; A/44/620) 1. Mr. EPSTEIN (International League for Human Rights) said that the Sub-Commission had often demonstrated the kind of leadership expected of the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a record of a meeting discussing human rights and fundamental freedoms, specifically focusing on racial discrimination, segregation, and apartheid in various countries. The tone and content suggest that the topic is of a humanitarian and social nature, rather than related to economic or environmental issues.

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