-77- 333. Finally, and with an eye to the future, the Committee drew attention to the words of Mr. George Lamptey, a former Chairman, on the 1990 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, at United Nations Headquarters. He concluded: "If we meet under auspicious circumstances today, it is partly because the worthy enterprise in which we have been engaged for so long is now yielding some fruits, It is beholden to all to ensure that our progress is sustained. We can then look forward to the day when a free and non-racial South Africa would join the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and when the whites who had so long dominated and mistreatred their fellow black countrymen and women, on the basis of race, would find in the Convention's provisions added security on the international level that they in turn would not be subject to bestial treatment by the black majority, When that day dawns then we can truly say that the martyred of Sharpeville did not pay the supreme sacrifice in vain". I -78- - VII. DECISIONS ADOPTED RX THE COMMITTEE AT ITS THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION 1 (XXXVIII). General recommendation VIII concernino the interoretation and aoolication of article 1, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Convention The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Havinq considered reports from States parties concerning information about the ways in which individuals are identified as being members of a particular racial or ethnic group or groups, Is of the opinion that such identification shall, if no justification exists to the contrary, be based upon self-identification by the individual concerned. 884th meeting 21 Aucust 1990 2 (XXXVIII). General recommendation IX concerning the aoolication of article a, uaraaraoh 1, gf the Convention The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, discussing the progress made in eliminating racial discrimination and the importance of sustained efforts towards this goal. The text highlights the significance of self-identification by individuals and the need for international security to prevent bestial treatment. Given the focus on racial discrimination and human rights, it seems likely that the text is related to a category that encompasses these themes.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education