Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

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6 versions · 1976–1983

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18 topics

Angola Apartheid Budget Contributions Emigration Human Rights Humanitarian Assistance Information Dissemination International Decades Laws and Regulations Migrant Workers Mozambique Political Prisoners Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Self-Determination of Peoples South Africa Southern Africa Treaties

What does this mandate say?

20 operative paragraphs

Condemns the intolerable conditions which continue to prevail in southern Africa and elsewhere, including the denial of the right to self-determination and the inhumane and odious application of apartheid and racial discrimination;

Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle of oppressed peoples to liberate themselves from racism, racial discrimination, apartheid, colonialism and alíen domination;

Calls upon all States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to offer all possible assistance to the People's Republic of Angola, the People's Republi~ of Moza~biq1;e_ and _the African co_untries surroundmg the rac1st reg1mes m southern Af~1ca, so that they may continue to apply fully the sanctions against these régirnes;

Urges all States to co-operate loyally and fully in achieving the goals a1:1d objectives _of th~ D~c~de ~or Action to Combat Rac1sm and Racial D1scnmmat10n by taking actions and measures called for by the Programme for the Decade at the national, regional and international levels and, in particular:

To ensure the immediate termination of all measures and policies, as well as military, nuclear, economic and other activities, which enable racist régimes in southern Africa to continue the repression of the African people;

( b) To pro vide full support and assistance, morally and materially, to the peoples which are victims of apartheid and racial discrimination and to the liberation movements;

To cease emigration to South Africa;

To ensure the release of political prisoners in South Africa and of those subjected to restrictions for their opposition to apartheid;

To formulate and execute plans to realize the policy measures and goals contained in the Programme for the Decade, and to consider the advisability of establishing national arrangcmcnts to follow up the implementation of the Programme;

To review interna! laws and regulations with (f) a view to identifying and rescinding those which provide for, give rise to, or inspire racial discrimination or apartheid;

To ensure the cessation of all discriminatory (g) measures against migrant workers and extend to them treatment equal to that provided for nationals of the host country with regard to human rights and the provisions of their labour legislation;

To sign and ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,23 the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid24 and all other relevant instruments;

Also urges Member States which are parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention and, in particular, to submit their reports in accordance with the time-table laid down in article 9 thereof;

Further urges United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to ensure the continuation of their activities related to the Decade with emphasis on, inter alia:

Providing moral and material support to the (a) national liberation movements and the victims of apartheid and racial discrimination;

Assisting and conducting vigorous educational and information campaigns to dispel racial prejudice and to involve public opinion in the struggle against racism and racial discrimination;

23 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. General Assemhly-Thirty-first Session

Examining the socio-econ01:nic ~nd_ c?lo~ial roots of racism, apartheid and racial d1scnmmation with a view to eliminating them;

Appeals to Member States which have not yet done so to forward the reports called for under paragraph 18 (e) of the Programme for the Decade;

W elcomes any contributions and suggestions related to the Programme for the Decade by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Special Committee against Apartheid, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the Commission on Human Rights, its Ad Hoc Working Group of Expefts and its Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, especially with regard to the preparations for the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

Requests the Secretary-General to draw on the expertise of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities while undertaking the relevant activities of the Decade;

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Reiterates the oall in paragraph 18 (g) of the Programme for the Decade to make adequate resources available to the Secretary-General to enable him to undertake the activities entrusted to him under the Programme;

Appeals to Governments and private organizations to make voluntary contributions which would make it possible to carry out all of the activities provided for in the Programme for the Decade;

Decides to consider at its thirty-second session, as a matter of high priority, the question cntitled "Dccadc for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination".

97 th plenary meetin&

13 December 1976

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