Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88aReport of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, published in 1984.

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Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the work of its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions;

Strongly condemns the policy of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia as a crime against humanity and urges all Member States to adopt effective political, economic and other measures in conformity with the relevant resolu tions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies, in order to support the legiti mate struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa and Namibia for their national liberation and human dignity, and to secure the elimination of the racist apartheid system;

Takes note with appreciation of the report submitted to the Committee by the United Nations Council for Namibia37 as the legal Administering Authority for Namibia until independence and encourages the Council in its determined endeavours towards the elimination of apartheid from the Territory and the attainment of inde pendence of the people of Namibia;

Commends the Committee for its continuous endeavours towards the elimination of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia and of all forms of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. wherever it exists;

Takes note with appreciation of the Committee's decision to participate actively in the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;38

Requests the Secretary-General to explore the possi bilities of issuing as United Nations publications the two studies prepared by the Committee on articles 439 and 740 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;

Welcomes the efforts of the Committee aimed at the 7. elimination of all forms of discrimination against national or ethnic minorities, persons belonging to such minorities and indigenous populations, wherever such discrimination exists, and the attainment of the full enjoyment of their human rights through the implementation of the principles and provisions of the Convention;

Welcomes further the efforts of the Committee aimed at the elimination of all forms of discrimination against migrant workers and their families, the promotion of their rights on a non-discriminatory basis and the achievement of their full equality, including the freedom to maintain their cultural characteristics;

Calls upon all Member States to adopt effective leg islative, socio-economic and other necessary measures in order to ensure the prevention or elimination of discrimi nation based on race, colour, descent or national fr ethnic origin:

I 0. Further calls upon States parties to the Convention to protect fully, by the adoption of the relevant legislative and other measures, in conformity with the Convention, the rights of national or ethnic minorities and persons belonging to such minorities, as well as the rights of indige nous populations;

Commends States parties to the Convention on measures taken to ensure, within their jurisdiction, the availability of appropriate recourse procedures for the vic tims of racial discrimination;

Reiterates its invitation to the States parties to the Convention to provide the Committee, in accordance with its general guidelines, with information on the implemen tation of the provisions of the Convention, including information on the demographic composition of their pop ulation and on their relations with the racist regime of South Africa;

Calls upon the United Nations bodies concerned to ensure that the Committee is supplied with all relevant information on all the Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December I 960 applies and urges again the administering Powers to co operate with these bodies by providing all the necessary information in order to enable the Committee to discharge

fully its responsibilities under article 15 of the Convention;

Appeals to the States parties to take fully into con sideration their obligation under the Convention to submit their reports in due time;

Takes note of the decision of the Committee to hold its session m one of the African countries at the appropriate time41 and requests the Secretary-General to explore the possibilities and financial implications of hold ing that session within the context of the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and to inform the General Assembly and the Committee on his findings:

Requests the Secretary-General to take the neces sary steps to ensure wider publicity of the work of the Committee, which would facilitate its task to implement effectively its functions under the Convention.

71st plenary meetrng

23 November 1984

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