text: Bulgarian report ( CERD/C/118/ Add. I 7 /Rev .1 ), the purpose of which had simply been to eliminate the reference to the Turkish minority which appeared in the original version of the report (CERD/C/118/ Add. I 7). The members of the Committee had point­ ed out the differences between the two texts and had condemned the Government's attitude (CERD/ C/SR.761). 49. The Government of Turkey had no need to discredit the Government of Bulgaria, which had seriously hurt its own image; what was needed was for Bulgaria to change its racial policy. Meanwhile, Turkey would closely follow events concerning the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. 50. Mr. GOLEMANOV (Observer for Bulgaria), speaking in exercise of the right of reply, said that Turkey was trying to hold itself up as a defender of presumed victims of racial discrimination so as not to explain the situation in its own country. He wondered whether Turkey was proud of its policy of racial discrimination against Kurds, Arabs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Armenians, or its illegal occupation of a large part of Cyprus or the numerous political prisoners in Turkish gaols. 51. As to the eighth periodic report of Bulgaria on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimi-46 Economic and Social Council-First Regular Session, 1986 nation, he pointed out that the procedure used by the was mentioning that not to criticize Zimbabwe but Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimina- simply to demonstrate that the modern world was tion was to ask questions of the representative of the much more complex and interdependent than would country which had submitted the report, who then appear from the statements made by the representa- replied to them. The same procedure had been tive of Zimbabwe. followed for Bulgaria's report, and its representatives 
analysis: The text appears to be a discussion between representatives of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the governments of Turkey and Bulgaria. The conversation revolves around the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, specifically in relation to the Turkish minority in Bulgaria. The tone is critical and confrontational, with accusations of racial discrimination and human rights violations being exchanged between the parties. Given the context and the focus on human rights, it is likely that the category is related to humanitarian aid and relief.