text: terms of its mandate. A further point was that references were being made in connection with the Chinese report to documents emanating from non-governmental organizations and other, unofficial, sources. While some members of the Committee were in favour of using materials from all sources available to them, the Committee had yet to decide whether such sources were admissible. He suggested that a closed meeting be held to decide the issue. The CHAIRMAN said that the question of the political status of Tibet was one which should be addressed in other United Nations forums, but article 5 of the Convention offered ample scope for discussion of the Chinese reports. He agreed with the previous speaker that since the question of admissible sources, could not be instantly resolved, it should be dealt with at a closed meeting. Mr. RHENAN SEGURA said that Mr. Aboul-Nasr had made several references in earlier meetings, during the consideration of periodic reports, to the controversy surrounding the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel, The Satanic Verses. Although he had not agreed with the opinions voiced by Mr. Aboul-Nasr, and regarded them as being of doubtful relevance, he had refrained from interrupting him on the ground that all members of the Committee were entitled to express their views freely. It would be appropriate to discuss the question of sources at a closed meeting, but he wished to point out that a decision that the Committee should confine itself to official sources would have far-reaching implications, since information from non-governmental organizations was often of great value in the discussion of human rights issues. Mr, WOLFRUM said that, in view of the thorough analysis made by previous speakers, he would confine his statement to four questions, three of them relating to article 5 of the Convention. On the subject of the 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a meeting of a United Nations committee, specifically addressing the topic of human rights in Tibet, with references to non-governmental organizations and unofficial sources. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a formal meeting of a committee or organization.