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Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/3379(XXX)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1967–1976
  • 1976A/RES/3379(XXX)Elimination of all forms of racial discriminationLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1972A/RES/2784(XXVI)Elimination of all forms of racial discriminationCompare with previous version
  • 1971A/RES/2647(XXV)Elimination of all forms of racial discriminationCompare with previous version
  • 1971A/RES/2646(XXV)Elimination of all forms of racial discriminationCompare with previous version
  • 1967A/RES/2142(XXI)Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Racial DiscriminationZionism

What does this mandate say?

26 operative paragraphs
4
Urges Member States which are parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to continue to comply
fully with their obligations under the Convention and, in particular, to submit their reports within the timetable laid down under article 9;
5
Also urges United Nations organs, 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:
a
Providing moral and material support to the national liberation movements and victims of apartheid and racial discrimination;
( b) 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, in particular to organize an international competition for selecting an appropriate emblem for the Decade and to print posters containing the emblem for wide distribution;
c
Examining the socio-economic and colonial roots of racism, apartheid and racial discrimination with a view to eliminating them;
6
Requests national sports federations of Member States to refuse systematically to participate in all sports or other activities together with the representatives of the racist regime of South Africa;
7
Welcomes 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 and the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities;
8
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;
9
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-first session a report containing proposals to implement efficiently paragraph 17 of the Programme for the Decade, which calls for the establishment of an international fund on a voluntary basis; lleloludom adopted on the reporta of the TbJrd Committee
10
Reiterates the call in its resolution 3057
XXVIII
to make adequate resources available to the Secretary-General to enable him to undertake the activities entrusted to him under the Programme for the Decade;
11
Calls upon the Commission on Human Rights, in collaboration with the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, to study ways and means of ensuring the implementation of United Nations resolutions bearing on apartheid, racism and racial discrimination with a view to facilitating the examination of this question by the General Assembly in accordance with paragraph 18 (i) of the Programme for the Decade;
12
Appeals to Governments and private organizations in a position to do so to make voluntary contributions of funds which would make it possible to carry out all of the activities provided for in the Programme for the Decade, especially in paragraphs 15 and 16 thereof, with regard to research, studies, education, training and information directed towards the achievement of the goals of the Decade and designed to assist the victims of racial discrimination and racism;
13
Decides to consider at its thirty-first session, as a matter of high priority, the question entitled "Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination".
3378 (XXX). World conference to combat racism and racial discrimination
1
Notes with appreciation the offer of the Government of Ghana to act as host to the world conference envisaged as a major feature of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
·
2
Requests the Secretary-General to enter into consultations with the Government of Ghana concerning arrangements for holding the conference as well as the nature of the financial contribution that the Government of Ghana will be able to make with regard to its offer;
3
Further requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on his consultations in this regard to the Economic and Social Council at its sixtieth session to enable the Council to advise the General Assembly on this matter.
33 79 (XXX).

Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination

Determines that zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.
3380 (XXX). Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
1
Appeals to the Governments of all States to sign, ratify and implement without delay the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly annual reports on the status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid;
3
Decides to consider this question at its thirty-first session under the item entitled "Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination".
3381 (XXX). Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General7 on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;8
2
Expresses its satisfaction with the increase in the number of States which have ratified the Convention;
3
Reaffirms its conviction that ratification of or accession to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on a universal basis and implementation of its provisions are necessary for the realization of the objectives of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
4
Appeals to States which have not yet become parties to the Convention to accede thereto;
5
Appeals to States parties to the Convention to study the possibility of malcing the declaration provided for in article 14 of the Convention;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to subn_iit to the General _Assembly annual reports concemmg the state of ratifications of the Convention in accordance with Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of
21 December 1965.
3382 (XXX). Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries ::ind peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights

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