text: UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l0 20 August 1990 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES Forty-second session SUMMARY RECORD OF THE lOth MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Tuesday, 14 August 1990, at 4 p.m. Chairman: Mr. TURK CONTENTS Protection of minorities (continued) Organization of work (continued) This record is subject to correction. Corrections 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. Any corrections to the records of the public meetings of the Sub-Commission at this session will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the session. GE.90-12719/2269B E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l0 page 2 The meeting was called to order at 4.20 p.m. PROTECTION OF MINORITIES (agenda item 18) (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/46; E/CN.4/1990/41; E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/43) (continued) 1. Mrs. BIRRAUX (Pax Christi International) said that her organization was greatly concerned at the plight of the Yanomami Indians of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela who were threatened with extermination unless urgent action was taken by the Government of Brazil, with the aid of the international community. 2. Since 1987, the territory of the 10,000 Yanomami Indians living in Brazil had been invaded by 45,000 gold prospectors who had also spilled over into Venezuela; the Venezuelan President had expressed serious concern to the Brazilian authorities. 3. In 1989, the Sub-Commission had accepted in principle an invitation from a non-governmental organization for the Chairman of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations to visit the indigenous territories in Brazil, in 
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the protection of a specific group of people, the Yanomami Indians, and their plight due to the invasion of their territory by gold prospectors. It also mentions the need for urgent action by the government of Brazil and international community. This suggests that the category should be related to humanitarian aid and relief, as well as human rights.