ethnic minorities. The housing situation of immigrants and ethnic minorities often gave rise to problems in terms of quality of housing, especially in urban areas. As far as discrimination was concerned, the number of cases of irregularities involving the allocation of housing by local authorities and housing corporations brought to the attention of the Ministry of Housing did not exceed one a year. The Ministry had recently commissioned an independent survey of discrimination in housing whose findings would be available by mid-1991. The Government was concentrating on positive action to correct the situation created by the refusal Of white families to send their children to local schools that had a large proportion of ethnic minority pupils. Private schools were forbidden to discriminate on grounds of race, under the new Equal Treatment Bill, Qatar 184. The fifth, sixth and seventh periodic reports of Qatar (CERD/C/129/Add.3, CERD/C/156/Add.2 and CERD/C/182/Add.l) were considered by the Committee at its 874th meeting, on 14 August 1990 (CERD/C/SR.874). 185. In his introductory statement, the representative of the State party quoted excerpts from the reports submitted by his Government and said that Qatar had not taken any legislative, judicial or other measure to give effect to the provisions of the Convention because his country's legislative system and the Islamic Shari'a were considered sufficient to prevent and punish any discriminatory acts. They were, moreover, strengthened-by the incorporation in Qatar's internal law of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime Of Apartheid. Qatar was nevertheless prepared to consider promulgating specific legislation on discrimination, mainly to facilitate agreements between States parties on the extradition of persons accused of crimes and other offences in that area. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the social and political aspects of the country, specifically discussing the housing situation and discrimination faced by ethnic minorities and immigrants. It also touches on education, mentioning the refusal of white families to send their children to local schools with a large proportion of ethnic minority pupils. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, communication, international trade, humanitarian aid, or science and technology.

**Category**
Education, Human Rights