of the basic hwnan rights situation of minorities and ensuring their full enjoyment of the guarantees afforded by the Convention. CERD/C/SR.869 page 7 Turning to the fourth periodic report (CERD/C/179/Add.l), she asked for further information on the minority poverty areas to which reference was made in paragraphs 11-13. What were those areas, and which agencies were assisting them to develop and exploit their geological resources? What was the ratio of employment of the national minorities in the projects to improve living conditions in those areas? It would be useful to have separate statistics for each of the minority provinces with regard to universal elementary education and public health. She would welcome information on the way in which the associations referred to in paragraph 55 for the protection of the legitimate rights of social groups were constituted, and on those responsible for administering those institutions. Noting the regulations aimed at reducing illiteracy quoted in paragraph 59, she asked what the percentage of illiteracy was in the minorityareas. She also wondered what was meant by the term "higher self-education examinations" in the following paragraph. The information in paragraph 62 of the fourth report did not indicate whether there had been any proceedings in people's courts involving administrative restriction of freedom of movement, enforced closure, detention and freezing of assets and administrative violations of personal or property rights. Had any cases been heard under article 68 of the Law of Administrative Proceedings referred to in paragraph 64? The criteria for the exclusion from the Autonomous Region of Tibet of areas which were also inhabited by ethnic Tibetans were unclear, and Tibetans had complained that ethnic Hans were being settled not only in the Autonomous Region but also i~ those areas. If the justification for that policy, which violated the Convention, was the alleged backwardness of Tibet's indigenous 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the human rights situation of minorities, specifically in the context of economic development and social issues. The report mentions poverty areas, employment rates, education, health, and administrative restrictions on freedom of movement, which suggests that the category should be a mix of economic, social, and human rights-related issues.

**Category**
Education, Employment, Health, Humanitarian aid and relief