Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94aReport of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, published in 1986.

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Apartheid Indigenous Peoples Information Dissemination Laws and Regulations Migrant Workers Minorities Namibia Question Non-Self-Governing Territories Periodic Reports Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Racial Discrimination Treaties

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Takes note of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its thirty-first and thirty-second sessions;

Also takes note of the part of the report relating to Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories and other Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applies;45 3.

Draws the attention of the relevant United Nations bodies to the opinion and recommendations of the Committee relating to the Territories mentioned in paragraph 2 above, calls upon those bodies to ensure that the Committee is supplied with all relevant information on the Territories and urges all administering Powers to co-operate with those bodies by providing all the necessary information in order to enable the Committee to discharge fully its responsibilities under article 15 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;

Considers that the Committee should not take into consideration information on Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) applies unless such infor-

mation is communicated by the competent United Nations bodies in conformity with article 15 of the Convention;

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 resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies, in order to support the legitimate struggle of the oppressed peoples of South Africa and Namibia for their national liberation and human dignity and to secure the elimination of the racist apartheid system;

Commends the Committee for its continuous endeavours towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, in particular the elimination of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, and welcomes the decision on apartheid adopted by the Committee at its thirty-second session;46

Notes with appreciation the Committee's continued participation in the activities within the framework of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

Welcomes the efforts of the Committee aimed at the 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 Member States to adopt effective legislative, socio-economic and other necessary measures in order to ensure the prevention or elimination of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin;

Further calls upon the 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 indigenous populations;

Commends the States parties to the Convention on measures taken to ensure, within their jurisdiction, the availability of appropriate recourse procedures for the victims 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 implementation of the provisions of the Convention, including information on the demographic composition of their populations and on their relations with the racist regime of South Africa;

Appeals to the States parties to take fully mto consideration their obligation under the Convention to submit their reports in due time;

( ·ommends the Committee for its efforts towards a

further universalization and a more consistent implementation of the Convention and welcomes its General Recommendation VII relating to the implementation of article 4 of the Convention;47 16.

Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure wider publicity of the work of the Committee, which would facilitate its task to implement effectively its functions under the Convention, and to inform the General Assembly at its forty-first session of the action taken in that regard.

29 Novemher 1985

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