Results of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

A/RES/33/100View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1979.

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Apartheid Conferences Declarations Funds Information Dissemination International Decades Programmes of Action Racial Discrimination

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary- General on the work of the World Conference to Comtat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

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Endorses the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the Conference;

Proclaims that the elimination of ali forros of racism and of prejudices and discrimination based on race is a matter of high priority for the intemational community and, accordingly, for the United Nations;

/ nvites all Sta tes, the specialized agencies and other organizations in the United Nations system, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations particularly concerned with action against racism and racial discrimination, to give priority to the full implementation of the provisions of the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure that the maximum publicity is given to the final documents of the Conference in view of the need to combar racism, racial discrimination and apartheid;

Requests the Secretary-General to take the following measures in accordance with the Programme of Action:

To prepare several studies analysing the struggle against all forms of racial discrimination;

To organize during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, at the level of each region of the United Nations, regional seminars on action against racism and racial discrimination;

To study the possibility of establishing an international fund on the basis of voluntary contributions with a view to assisting peoples and national liberation movements in their struggle against racism and apartheid;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to carry out an evaluation of the activities undertaken in connexion with the Decade, in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Programme for the Decade, taking into account the results of the Conference set out in the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the Conference.

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46 Report of the World Confercncc to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Geneva, 14-25 August 1978 (United 47 A/33/147 and Corr.1. Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.XIV.2), chap. II.

48 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

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