Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 86 Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1974–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/144

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/144	Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	413	—
1993	A/RES/47/78	Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/89	Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/95	Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	—	—
1987	A/RES/41/104	Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	240	28%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Racial Discrimination Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

This extracted fulltext may contain errors or omissions. Please check the source document.

Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 22 (XXXV) of 14 March 1979,0 by which the Commission decided to carry out the study asked for by the General Assembly in resolution 33/54, on the basis of preparatory material to be submitted to the Commission at its thirty-seventh session, and of Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/36 of 10 May 1979 in which the Council requested it to do so,

Recognizing the importance of full and timely cooperation by concerned specialized agencies and other organs and bodies within and related to the United Nations system to permit the Commission on Human Rights to carry out its work as scheduled,

Noting further that, by its resolution 1979/36, the Economic and Social Council decided to add to the terms of reference of the Commission on Human Rights the mandate to assist the Council in the co-ordination of activities concerning human rights in the United Nations system,

Welcomes the action decided upon by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council in response to General Assembly resolution 33/54;

Urges those specialized agencies and other organs and bodies within and related to the United Nations system which are, according to their explicit mandates,

concerned with the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms to offer their full cooperation to the Secretary-General in his preparation of the preparatory material which will be the basis for the study to be carried out by the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-seventh session;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to give priority to the completion of that study at its thirtyseventh session in 1981;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Review and coordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Nations system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights" and to give high priority to the consideration of the item at that session.

34 / 26.

Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General10 on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;11 2.

Expresses its satisfaction with the increase in the number of States which have ratified the Convention or acceded thereto;

10 A/34/441.

Reaffirms once again its conviction that ratification of or accession to the Convention 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;

Requests States which have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede thereto;

Appeals to States parties to the Convention to study the possibility of making the declaration provided for in article 14 of the Convention;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the General Assembly annual reports concerning the status of the Convention, in accordance with Assembly resolution 2106 A (XX) of 21 December 1965.

34/27. Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

9 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV, sect. A.

11 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

12 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 6 (E/5927), chap. XXI, sect. A.

13 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978/34), chap. XXVI, sect. A.

14 lbid., 1979, Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV, sect. A.

15 See A/34/542, annex I, paras. 42-50, and annex VI.

16 Report of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Geneva, 14-25 August 1978 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.XIV.2), chap. II.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents