hadbeengiveninthereports andbasically defined anormalcitizen inaposition toexpress hiswill.Thepftrsons heldbytheauthorities, whoserightswere suspended, referred tothosewhohadnotcommitted criminal offences butwere considered tobeinastateofpre-delinquency andwerehousedinreformatories. Withreference tothequalifications neededtobecome adeputy, therepresentative explained thatthiswasnotdiscriminatory andhadbeenrequested bythepeople themselves atthefourthcongress oftheMRND,andthatthepostofdeputy necessitated acertain standard ofeducation inkeeping withthedemands ofthe post. 20a.Inresponse tothequestion onover-population, hestatedthatbecause ofthe disparity between demographic andeconomic growthinthecountry, theGovernment hadlaunched apolic~tomakethepopulation moreawareoffamilyplanning, andall thechurches inthecountry were particip~ting inthispolicy. 209.Therepresentative statedthatfreedom ofopinion andexpression was encouraged bytheMRND,whichwasstructured tostimulate suchfreedom throu~b meetings ofrepresentatives ofthewholepopulation. Theexpression ofother, non-political opinions wasguaranteed bytheConstitution. 210.Therepresentative explained that,aspartoftheGovernment's efforts to iMplement ~ocialrights, attempts werebeingmadetoextendsocialsecurity for wage-earners toindependent workers andtheself-employed. Headdedthatthe Government wasdoingallitcouldtoencourage jobcreation inpublic andprivate enterprises. 211.Therepresentative pointod outthattheallocations ofplacesinsecondary schools wereproportionate tothesizeofeachethnicgroupinthepopulation. P~imary education wasfreeandcompUlsory forallchildren betweenaand15, although atpresent only10to12percentwentontosecondary education; those whodidnotweredirected towards vocational training courses. 212.Inconnection witharticle 6,therepresentative statedthattherewasno provision foranOmbudsman intheRwandese legalsystem, butthatrecourse procedures forordinary citizens existed withintheadministrative andjUdicial sy~tems. Ifesaidthatthesystemofrecourse hadfunctioned satisfactorily sofar, -44-whichwaswhytheGovernment hadnotfounditnecessary tointroduce thepostof Ombudsman. Mongolia 213.Theninthandtenthperiodic reports ofMongolia (CERD/C/149/Add.23 and CERD/C/172/Add.10) wereconsidered bytheCommittee atits839thand840th meetings, heldon14August1989(CERD/C/SR.839 and840). 214.Therepresentative ofthereporting State,inintroducing thereports, said thattheycovered theperiodDecember 1985-August 1988andthattheemphasis had beenput,astotheircontent, onthedevelopments intheMongolian judicial system aimedatimplementing theprovisions oftheConvention andonthequestions raised andcomments madebymembers oftheCommittee duringtheconsideration ofhis Governnlent's eighthperiodic report. Hestressed thatsincetheCommittee's consideration oftheeighthreport, noinstance ofaviolation hadbeenrecorded in hiscountry, afactwhichshowedthatMongolian legislation prohibiting discrimination andguaranteeing equality hadsetupeffective legalmeansto protect victims orcompensate forharmcausedintheoventofdiscrimination andon thebasisofrace,sexandnationality. 215.Therepresentative ofMongolia pointed outthatimportant changes weretaking placeinhiscountry atpresent inconnection withtherestructuring andrenewal of allspheres oflife.Theyentailed aroformofthejUdicial system; updating and enforcement ofexisting 1egislationl theenactment ofnewlegislative actsIandthe improvement ofthecommunity's knowledge oflegalaffairs. 216.Sincethesubmission ofthetenthreport,efforts toclarify andsupplement existing legislation relating totheConvention hadproduced positive results. In thatconnection, mention wasmadeand8description givenofthenewversion ofthe Citizenship Act;ofthebillonco-operatives, whichhadbeenadopted recently and wouldcomeintoforceon1January 1990;andoftheDecreeofthePresidium ofthe GreatPeople's Khuralonthemeasures toprevent AIDS. 217.Members oftheCommittee congratulated theGovernment ofMongolia onitsvery informative reports andthankeditsrepresentative forhisintroduction. With reference tochanges thathadtakenplaceintheethniccomposition ofthe population, members soughtfurtherclarification ontheexactnumberandsocial statusofallnationalities andethnicgroupslivinginMongolia andonthe difference between theterms"nationalities" and"ethnic groups". Withinthesame contextitwasaskedwhathadbeenthereasons fortheexpulsion, in1983,of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report or statement from a government or organization, discussing various aspects of their country or society, including social issues, education, employment, and human rights. It seems to be a general overview of the country's situation, highlighting its achievements and challenges.

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Education, Employment, Human rights