Action by Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organizations

A/RES/3151(XXVIII)[E]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 42 Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa, published in 1974.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Apartheid Conferences Information Dissemination Inter-Agency Cooperation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

A/RES/3151(XXVIII) [E]

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Calls upon aLI Governments to initiate action in the specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, as necessary, to intensify concerted efforts against apartheid and, in particular, to formulate programmes of action against apartheid in the light of the recommendations in the report of the Special Committee on Apartheid;

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization:

To expedite the publication and distribution of the educational kit on racial discrimination and apartheicl in southern Africa:

( b) To continue its programme of studies, seminars and conferences on the role of culture in combating colonialism, racism and apartheid and, in particular, to consider convening, in co-operation with the Special Committee, a conference of prominent educators, writers and other intellectuals to discuss their role in the ~truggle against apartheid:

Commends the activities of anti-apartheid movements. trade unions and ether non-governmental org,mizations engaged in campaigns fer the isolation of

~1 O{jicia/ Records of 1he Gen,ni/ Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 22 ( A/9022). the South African racist regime and in support of the liberation movements of the South African people;

Invites all organizations, institutions and information media to intensify and develop such campaigns in observance of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and in co-operation with the Special Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General and the Special Committee to take appropriate steps to encourage public action against apartheid:

By facilitating consultative status for organi• zations actively engaged in support of United Nation, resolutions against apartheid;

( b) By publicizing their actions through the Olfice of Public Information and the Unit on Apartheid of the Secretariat;

By encouraging the establishment of national committees against apartheid where they do not exist. and maintaining the closest liaison with such committees.

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