text: INITED IATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/40/638/Add.3 25 october 198 5 ENGLISH ORIGINAL! RUSSIAN Fortieth se ss ion Agenda item 12 REPORT OF THE ECONOI,IIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL estion of human riqhEs o€ individuals liho are not citizens of the country-in which they live ReDort of the Secreta rv-Genera 1 Addendum CONTENTS Page REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMXNIS Byelorussian Soviet socia 1i st Republi,c 85-29490 2281a (EJA/40/63e/Add.3 Engl i stl Page 2 BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC [Original: Russian] II5 october ].98 5l 1. Applies to Russian onlv. 2. Fourth preambular paragraph. RepLace the words ',... property, birth or otherstatus" with the words "... property status. birth or other circumstance,'. Areicles of tbe draft declaration 1. Article 4, paragraph 2. Tbe r.rords in square brackets should be deleted. Theresl of the tex! applies to Russian only. 2. Applies !o Russian onlv. 3. Net' article. Tbe new article should read as follows: "No provision of this Declaration shall be interpreted as restricting theright of any state to establi.sb differences betr.reen its citizens and aliens.However, such differences shall be consistent with tbe obliqations underinEernational 1aw which have been assuned bv that State,!'
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the Economic and Social Council, discussing human rights and the treatment of individuals who are not citizens of the country in which they live. The report mentions specific changes to a draft declaration, which suggests that it is related to international law and human rights.