while earlier reports had mentioned the Turkish minority, more recent reports did not. The new position taken by the Government of Bulgaria was indefensible, however, in view of the information it had itself submitted. The members of the Committee had rejected all the arguments presented by Bulgaria in defence of its position. That Government was practising a racist and oppressive policy that was contrary to the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the international human-rights in­ struments and bilateral treaties. Bulgaria should not be surprised at Turkey's efforts to make that grave transgression known in competent international fo­ rums and to world public opinion, and had no reason to claim that Turkey was engaged in an anti-Bulgari­ an campaign. Turkey was concerned about the human tragedy that was taking place in Bulgaria and, like all countries which respected human rights, it could not and should not remain indifferent to that situation. 27. Mr. LIANG Yufan (China) said that, since proclaiming the Decade for Action to Combat Ra­ cism and Racial Discrimination in 1973, the interna­ tional community had set itself the goal of eliminat­ ing those practices. To that end, it had formulated a series of specific plans and measures in the context of that Decade and of the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. His delegation had noted with great interest the information con­ tained in the reports of the Secretary-General on the action and measures taken in that sphere by some countrie·s and by United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations. It had also taken note of the holding of international symposia and seminars that represented useful con­ tributions to the achievements of the objectives of the Second Decade. 28. The international community's primary objec­ tive must be to eliminate the barbaric system of 
**Analysis**
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