Measures to Achieve the Rapid and Total Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in General and of the Policy of Apartheid in Particular

A/RES/2446(XXIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1969.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Apartheid Diplomatic Relations National Liberation Movements Portugal Racial Discrimination Sanctions South Africa Southern Rhodesia

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Condemns the Governments of South Africa and Portugal for their persistent defiant stand towards the United Nations and world opinion in respect of their policies of apartheid and colonialism, respectively;

Further condemns the. policy of racial discrimination of the illegal minority regime in Southern Rhodesia and deplores the refusal of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nor.them Ireland, as the administering Power, to take effective measures to suppress this illegal regime and to ensure human rights and fundamental freedoms to the people of Zimbabwe ;

Censures the Governments of South Africa and P<?rtu~al f?r. assi_sting and collaborat_ing with the illegal minority regime m Southern Rhodesia;

89 See Final Act of lht Intematiot1al Co11ferenct on Human Rights (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.68.XIV .2~, pp. 6, 7 and 9.

Confirms the views of the International Conference on Human Rights, held at Teheran, which recognized and vigoro~sly supported the legitimacy of the struggle of the peoples and patriotic liberation movements in southern Africa and in colonial Territories, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;

Further confirms the decision taken by the International Conference on Human Rights to recognize the right of freedom fighters in southern Africa and in colonial Territories to be treated, when captured, as prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 ;40

Appeals to all Stcrt:es and organizations dedicated to the ideals of freedom, independence and peace to continue to give political, moral and material assistance to peoples struggling against all forms of racial discrimination and colonialism;

Calls 1ipon all States to sever all relations with South Africa, Portugal and the illegal minority regime in Southern Rhodesia and to refrain scrupulously from giving any military or economic assistance to these regimes;

Requests the United Nations organs and the specialized agencies concerned to continue to give all appropriate assistance to the patriotic freedom movements in colonial Territories and in southern Africa am! to keep this matter under constant review;

Further requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, to prepare a programme for the celebration in 1971 of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.

19 December 1968.

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