text: which had been published in his organization's publication numbers 7 and 8. 19. Following a meeting in 1977 between President Carter and President Hafez al-Assad, the latter had authorized 14 single Jewish girls to leave Syria out of a total of over 500 such women. About 200 of those victims continued to be trapped in the Syrian Arab Republic. Despite assurances to the United States Government, contained in a State Department document of 8 November 1989 to the effect that Syria had agreed to consider positively applications for legal emigration for those with relatives who had already emigrated and to allow single Jewish women to leave Syria, little progress had been made and the women had remained trapped. 20. The Syrian Arab Republic had ratified the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide which stipulated, in its article 11, that genocide meant, inter alia, any act imposing measures i11tended to prevent birth within the group. By refusing to allow Jewish women of child-bearing age to leave the country and to marry a member of their faith abroad, the Syrian Government was effectively imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group. 21. It would be encouraging if, instead of maintaining silence on the matter, some of the experts on the Sub-Commission could refer to that disgraceful treatment of a minority for two generations. 22. Mrs. DAES suggested that the questionnaire in Mr. Eide's report should be submitted to Governments, specialized agencies, and governmental and non-governmental organizations with a view to collecting information, comments and views. 23. Members of the Sub-Commission and representatives of non-governmental organizations had already referred to the history of the problem of minorities, their treatment and the policies and practices of forced assimilation and integration. She therefore proposed to deal only with 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a human rights issue, specifically the treatment of a minority group (Jewish women) in Syria. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a report or document from an international organization. The content focuses on the Syrian government's actions and policies towards this minority group, and the author is critical of these actions.