text: PROVISIONAL For narticipants only CERD/C/SR. 8 71 15 August 1990 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION Thirty-eighth session PROVISIONAL SUI~1ARY RECORD OF THE 871st MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Friday, 10 August 1990, at 3 p.m. Chairman: Mr. SHAHI CONTENTS Consideration of reports, comments and information submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention (continued) Organization of work Corrections to this record should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Official Records Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva. GE.90-17167/2257B CERD/C/SR.871 page 2 The mectinc waa called to order at 3,05 p.m. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS, COMMENTS AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION (agenda item 7) (continued) Third and fourth periodic reports of China (CERD/C/153/Add.2 and CERD/C/179/Add.1) (continued) At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. Fan Guoxiang and Mr. Wu Shimin (China) took places at the Committee table. Mr. SONG Shuhua, speaking on a point of order, said that the Committee dealt with representatives of States and endeavoured to establish an in-depth dialogue with them. In its discussions with those representatives, members should display an attitude of goodwill. At a previous meeting, however, it would seem that the comments of some members had not reflected such an approach. The Committee was concerned with questions involving racism and racial discrimination and China was a country which had suffered from those practices since 1840. He therefore thought that, in the course of the dialogue with the representatives of China, members should adhere to the Committee's terms of 
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