reports. The Committee believes that the system of country rapporteurs has reduced the time for consideration of each State report and enhanced the dialogue with representatives of States parties, The Committee noted with satisfaction the fruitful dialogue it had developed with representatives of reporting States present at its meetings, and urged that all States parties should endeavour to send representatives when their reports were being examined. 35. The following paragraphs, arranged on a country-by-country basis according to the sequence followed by the Committee in its consideration of the reports of States parties, contain a summary of the views expressed, observations made and questions asked by the members of the Committee on the reports of the States parties concerned, as well as the substantive elements of the replies given by the representatives of the States parties present at the meetings. Jordan 36. The sixth periodic report of Jordan (CERD/C/130/Add.3) and the seventh and eighth periodic reports, submitted in one document (CERD/C/183/Add.l), were considered by the Committee at its 864th meeting, held on 7 August 1990 (CERD1C1SR.864). 37. The reports were introduced by the representative of the reporting State, who assured the Committee of the total support of his Government. He pointed out that the Government of Jordan had addressed the question of minorities, in particular, the nomadic population of the desert, and had taken certain measures in their favour. With regard to article 2 of the Convention, the representative referred to -18- . article 6 of the Jordanian Constitution, which stipulated that Jordanians were equal before the law, and that there was no discrimination among them with regard to their rights or obligations based on race, language or religion, and also noted that article 101 of the Constitution made courts accessible to all citizens. In 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from a United Nations Committee, specifically the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), discussing the reports of states parties and their implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The content focuses on the treatment of minorities, equality before the law, and access to courts, indicating that the text is related to human rights and social issues.

**Category**
Human rights, Education