in overcoming them. The remaining problems were not only legislative but were bound up with patterns of behaviour and states of mind and mental attitudes The views expressed by the Committee would be that were difficult to change. made public, 228. In concluding the consideration of the third periodic report of the Ukrainian SSR, the Chairman thanked the representative of the State party for having provided, through his detailed replies, the concrete information that was lacking in the report. In the new legislation that the Ukrainian SSR had undertaken to draw up and to promulgate, it would be important to take account of all the rights established in the Covenant and to ensure that only those restrictions and derogations expressly provided for were authorised. The progress made in the protection of human rights in the Ukrainian SSR was . unquestionable, but it should continue. MQrocce 229. The Committee considered the second periodic report of Morocco (CCPR/C/42/Add.l0) at its 1032nd to 1035th meetings, held on 7 and 8 November 1990 (see CCPR/C/SR.l032-1035). It was not possible during the time available at the fortieth session to complete the consideration of the report and, with the agreement of the Government of Morocco, the Committee decided to continue with its consideration at the forty-second session. At that session, however, owing to the request of the Moroccan delegation, the Committee decided to defer the consideration of the report to its forty-third session. The discussion of the report at the Committee's fortieth session is reflected in paragraphs 229 to 256 below. 230. The report was introduced by the representative of the State party, who drew attention to the founding in 1989 of the Union of the Arab Maghreb, consisting of Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Libyan Arab t Jarnahiriya, which was a major regional event expected to bring progress and prosperity to a vast population with close historical, religious and cultural ties. The founders of the Union attached great importance to the cause of human rights, and the declaration proclaiming the Union reiterated the determination of the five heads of State concerned to work with the international community to establish an international order in which justice, dignity, freedom and human rights prevailed, 231. The representative noted that, at the national level, two important decisions had been taken recently to strengthen the rule of law and to enable citizens to defend their rights vis-&-v&I the Administration, the authorities and the State itself. One of these had been the decision by King Hassan II to establish a Consultative Council for Human Rights under article 19 of the Constitution; the other related to the introduction of a bill, on 8 May 1990, to establish a system of administrative tribunals that would help to ensure administrative justice and to make available remedies to victims of abuses of power or prejudice on the part of administrative authorities. Measures had also been adopted to enhance the participation of Morocco's 860 local communities or communesin the conduct of public affairs and economic and social development. A group of non-governmental organisations and political parties was also currently working cln a draft National Charter of Human Rights. -56-