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The Question of the Race Conflict in South Africa Resulting From the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa

A/RES/1663(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
ApartheidEthnic ConflictPolitical ViolenceSouth Africa

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
Deplores that the Government of the Republic of South Africa has failed to comply with the repeated requests and demands of the General Assembly and with the aforesaid resolution of the Security Council and has flouted world public opinion by refusing to reconsider or revise its racial policies or to observe its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations;
2
Strongly deprecates the continued and total disregard by the Government of South Africa of its obligations under the Charter and furthermore its determined aggravation of racial issues by ever-increasing discriminatory laws and measures and their ruthless enforcement accompanied by violence and bloodshed;
3
Condemns policies based on racial superiority as reprehensible and repugnant to human dignity;
4
Calls the attention of the Security Council to the provision of Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Charter;
5
Urges all States to take such separate and collective action as is open to them in conformity with the Charter to bring about an abandonment of those policies;
6
Reaffirms that the racial policies being pursued by the Government of South Africa are a flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are totally inconsistent with South Africa's obligations as a Member State;
7
Reaffirms with grave concern and deep anxiety that these policies have led to international friction and that their continuance seriously endangers international peace and security;
8
Reminds the Government of South Africa of the requirement of Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Charter that all Members shall fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed by them under the Charter;
9
Calls once again upon the Government of South Africa to change its policies and conduct so as to conform to its obligations imposed by the Charter.
28 November 1961.

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