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

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94bStatus of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, published in 1986.

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18 versions · 1974–1995

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

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1987A/RES/41/104Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationCompare with previous version

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International Decades Racial Discrimination Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

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Reaffirms once a . .i:,un its ccmv1ction that ratification of or accession to the C.invention on a universal basis and implementation of its pmvisions are necessary for the realizat10n of the objectives of the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Dis,:rimination:40 4.

Requests those States that have not yet become parties to the Convention I{) ratify it or accede thereto;

Calls upon States parties to the Convention to consider the possibility of making the declaration provided for m article 14 of the Convention;

Requests the- Secretary-neneral to continue to submit to the General Assembly annual reports concerning the status of the Convention. in accordance with Assembly resolution 2106 I\ (X'< 1 of 71 December 196S.

CJMh plenary meeting

29 November 1985

40/27, Status of the International Convention on the Suppression ,rnd Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid rhe < ieneral Assemh, i.

Recalling its resolution 3068 (XXVHI) of 30 November 1973, by which it adopted and opened for signature and ratification the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the ( 'rime of Apartheid, and its subsequent resolutions , m the status of the Convention,

Reajjirming its conv,ctw11 that ,1partheid constitutes a total negation of the pui;mses and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. a gross violation of human rights and a crime against humanity. seriously threatening international peace and sernrity,

l'akmg note of the finding of the Group of Three of the Commission on Human Rights, established in accordance 1,vith article IX of the Cmventmn, that the crime of apartheid is a form of the- c11me of gcnocide, 41 Strongly condemning South Africa's continued poliC}, of apartheid and its continued illegal occupation of Namibia, as well as its recent acts of aggression against Angola and other African States,

·1/armed by the aggrnvat10n of the situation in South Africa, in particular 1he further escalation of ruthless repression by the Fasc,st-like apartheid regime, including the use of the armed ft1rces against the opposing people and the imposition PI virtual martial-law conditions intended to facilitate 1 he brutal oppression of the black population,

Condemnmg the- continued collaboration of certain 5tatt·s and 1ransnatio,1a: reg1m1· ,.fSnnth ,\fi ,. 1 , ,.·:, , . mil1tar)

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