224. Tn his reply, the representative of the State party pointed out that although the problems of minorities in the Ukrainian SIR were not as serioue as in other Republics, they nevertheless existed in connection with the resettlement of the Crimean Tartars in their homeland8 the guarantee of the cultural rights of groups of Iiungarian or Polish origin living in the west of Ukraine; and problems affecting the Russian-speaking population, which accounted for 20 per cent of the total population. School textbooks were and steps were also being taken to published in Polish, Hungarian and Tartar, make the resettlement of the Tartars easier by providing building materials and guaranteeing certain services. Legislation on the rights of minorities was currently under consideration in the Supreme Soviet providing, malfe, for the establishment of national councils that could help, in particular, to resolve language problems. .’ 225. Members of the Committee expressed their thanks to the representatives of the State party for their cooperation and openness in presenting the third periodic report of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and for having engaged in a fruitful and constructive dialogue with the Committee. Although the report had been drafted in conformity with the Committee’s guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports from States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, members regretted that it did not contain specific references to actual practice in the implementation of legislative provisions. The State party had clearly demonstrated the intention of its Government, and of the recently elected Supreme Soviet, to guarantee to all persons under its jurisdiction the rights recognised in the Covenant. It was also clear that there had already been positive changes in legislation pertaining to civil and political rights, as well as improvement in actual practice. 226. At the same time, it was noted that some of the concerns expressed by membersof the Committee had not been entirely allayed, including those relating to the non-publication of statistics in respect of the death penalty; the absence in the legislation of the Ukrainian SSR of provisions equivalent to article 9, paragraph 3, of the Covenanti abuses of psychiatric treatment? administrative detentionr corrective labourt the length of pre-trial detention1 the right to freedom of movement and the definition of the concept of State security, which appeared to exceed the limits prescribed in article 12, paragraph 3, of the Covenant8 and the right to freedom of expression. Members were also of the view that the judicial role of the Procurator’s Office should be reconsideredr that human rights should be more precisely spelled out in the Constitution and in legislation; and that efforts should be made to continue to bring about changes in the habits of the law enforcement authorities and to create conditions, including economic Conditions, that would be conducive to the genuine exercise of human rights. Members of the Committee also urged the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Covenant. The representative of the State party said that the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had at all times endeavoured to discharge conscientiously the obligations incumbent upon it under international instruments. Difficulties subsisted in the transitional phase through which the Ukrainian SSR w%s passing, and the Committee’s comments would certainly help 227. -55-