text: beginning of1990.Adescription wasgivenof~~asures takenbyNorway, unilaterally ortogether withotherNordiccountries, against SouthAfrica. 136.Members oftheCommittee commended thehighquality ofthetworeports and expressed theirappreciation toNorwayforitsrecordonhumanrightsandthe assistance ;ithadgiventonational liberation movements andvictims ofracial discrimination. 137.Referring toarticle 2oftheConvention, members wishedtohavemore information ontheLiaison Committee, ontheroletobeplayedbytheImmigrant Council, onthesituation ofthesouthern Semipeople, whohadlostmanyreindeer asareaultoffall-out fromtheChernobyl nuclear acc~dent, andonthereal difference instatus bet~oen theSemipeopleandothe.Norwegians. 138.Asfarasarticle 3oftheConvention wasconcerned, members praised Norway andotherNordiccountries fortheactiontheyhadtakentocombattheaparth,id regimeandaoughtfurther information onthepenaltiea forthoaewhoflouted the banontheaaleofNorwegian petroleum toSouthAfrica, andontheProgramme of Actionagainst Apartheid adopted bytheNordiccountries. Theywishedalsotoknow whether Norwaymaintained diplomatic contacts withSouthAfrica. 139.Withregardtoarticle 4oftheConvention, itwasnotedthattheinformation giveninannex11totheeighthreport, withspecific example. ofactsregarded aa racially discriminatory andconsequently punishable undercriminal law,waamoat usefulinenlightening theCommittee onpractical actiontakentocombatracial discrimination. Withreference tothejudgements described inthatannex,itwaa askedwhether thoseconcerned couldappealagainst suchdecisions andwhether they hadinfactdoneso.Theopinion wasexpressed thatthedescription ofthe application ofarticle 4oftheConvention inNorwayhadbeenexceslively bri.f. Itwasenquired whether therewasapossibility ofgovernment subsidies tothe Pressbeingwithdrawn incaseswhereithaddefended racialdiscrimination. 140.Additional information wassoughtontheimplementation ofarticle 5ofthe Convention. Inparticular, members wishedtoknowwhether therehadb.enanyca••a inNorwayofracialdiacrimination against European orAmerican immigrants with regardtoemployment orhousing orwhether suchdiscrimination hadbeenpracti••d onlyagainst suchimmigrant minority groupsasPakistanis, Vietnamele, Turksand -33-Africansl whatwastherealparticipation ofSamiinthepolitical lifeofthe country, andwhatwasthegeneral educational leveloftheSarnipeople. 141.Asfarasarticle 6wasconcerned, members askedwhatremedies wereavailable inNorwayiftherighttohousing oremployment wasrefused onracialgrounds, and whet~er they wer~effective. With r~ference totheinformation contained in annex11oftheeighthperioaic re~ort,itwas~ugge~tad thattheGovernment of Norwayshouldpublicize morewidelytheUnitedNations Declaration andthe International Convention ontheEliminution ofAllFormsofRacialDiscrimination. 142.Therepresentative ofthereporti'lq State,replying tothequestions raisedby theCommittee inrelation toarticle 3oftheConvention, statedthatNorway hadno diplomatic relations withSouthAfrica;itdidhaveaConsulate-General inCape Townstaffed bytwocareQrdlplomats, buttheirpresence innowayimplied support fortheapartheid system. Thedescription oftheirfunctions wasgiven. Referring tothequestion aboutpenalties fortankers freighting crudeoiltoSouthAfrica, hesaidthattherehadbeennoevidence thatNorwegian shipshadviOlated the Boycott Actof1987sinceitsentryintoforce. 143.Withregardtothequestions raisedinconnection witharticle 4ofthe Convention, he.statedthattheprevious reports haddealtwiththescopeofthe relevant provisions ofthePenalCode(sects. 135and349)andwiththewaysin whicharticle 4wasbeingimplemented, whichexplained thebriefstatement in paragraph 37oftheeighthreport. 144.Replying toquestions raisedinconnection witharticle 5oftheConvention, therepresentative ofNorwaystatedthatcasesinwhichthepresshadoverstepped theboundaries lbiddownbythePressCouncil inrespect ofracistmaterialS were veryfewand,asfarashewasaware,therehadbeennoinstances ofwithdrawal of subsidies, although inprinciple thepublication ofillegal utter6nces mightwell haveabea,ing onthegranting ofsubsidies. Hesaidthatthedetailed information onthePressCouncil hadbeengiveninprevious reportsl therewasnosystematic control bytheCouncil, butingeneralittookactiononthebasisofcomplaints against thepublication ofdiscriminatory material. Turning tothequestion about possible discrimination against European orAmerican asdistinct fromAsianor African immigrants, therepresentative saidthattheobvious pointofdeparture was
analysis: The text appears to be a report or discussion about the human rights situation in Norway, particularly in relation to racial discrimination and apartheid. It mentions the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the Liaison Committee, and the Immigrant Council, which suggests that the report is focused on human rights and international cooperation.