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Racial Discrimination in Non-Self-Governing Territories

A/RES/1698(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1953–1963
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1850(XVII)
  • 1963A/RES/1850(XVII)Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1962A/RES/1698(XVI)Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1961A/RES/1536(XV)Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1959A/RES/1328(XIII)Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1953A/RES/644(VII)Racial discrimination in Non-Self-Governing Territories

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Civil and Political RightsInformation DisseminationLaws and RegulationsMass MediaNon-Self-Governing TerritoriesRacial DiscriminationRight to Vote

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Condemns resolutely the policy and practice of racial discrimination and segregation in Non-Self-Governing Territories;
2
Urges the Administering Mern!Jers to include, among the measures that would contribute to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, steps to ensure:
a
The immediate rescinding or revocation of all laws and regulations which tend to encourage or
115 Ibid., part two, section VIII.
sanction, directly or indirectly, discriminatory policies and practices based on racial considerations, the adoption of legislative measures making racial discrimination and segregation punishable by law, and the discouragement of such practices based on racial considerations by all other means possible, including administrative measures;
( b) The immediate extension to all inhabitants of the full exercise of basic political rights, in particular the right to vote, and the establishment of equality among the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to take measures for the immediate and large-scale dissemination of the present resolution in the Non-Self-Governing Territories through all the appropriate media of mass communication, in the prii;icipal local languages as well as in the languages of the Administering Members;
4
Further requests the Secretary-General to prepare, not later than September 1962, a report on the implementation of the present re5olution for the consideration of the General Assembly and any other body which the Assembly may appoint to assist it in the implementation of resolution 1514 (XV).
19 December 1961.

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