Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73 Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1976–1983

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/37/40

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1983	A/RES/37/40	Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	1,543	84%Compare
1981	A/RES/36/8	Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	1,656	16%Compare
1979	A/RES/34/24	Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	3,181	7%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/98	Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	395	17%Compare
1977	A/RES/31/77	Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	1,052	22%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

International Decades Programme Implementation Racial Discrimination

What’s in this document?

45 operative paragraphs

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12. 17 December 1979 188

34/172 Measures to improve the situation and ensure the human rights and dig-

nity of all migrant workers (A/34/829) ......................... .

12. 17 December 1979 188 34/173 Exchange of information on banned hazardous chemicals and unsafe

pharmaceutical products (A/34/829) ........................... .

12. 17 December 1979 189 34/174 Assistance to student refugees from Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa

(A/34/829) ................................................ .

12. 17 December 1979 189 34/175 Effective action against mass and flagrant violations of human rights

(A/34/829) ................................................ .

12. 17 December 1979 190 34/176 United Nations Trust Fund for Chile (A/34/829) ................... .

12. 17 December 1979 191 34/177 International co-operation in drug abuse control (A/34/829) ......... .

12. 17 December 1979 191 34/178 The right of amparo, habeas corpus or other legal remedies to the same

effect (A/34/829) ........................................... .

12. 17 December 1979 192 34/179 Human rights in Chile (A/34/829) .............................. .

12. 17 December 1979 192 34/180 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against

Women (A/34/830, A/34/L.61) .............................. .

75. 18 December 1979 193

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Implementation of the Programme for the Dec-

Decade by its adoption of the Declaration and the Proade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial

gramme of Action, 2 Discrimination 1.

Proclaims that the elimination of all forms of racism and discrimination based on race and the attain-

Reaffirms once again its strong support for the 32/10 of 7 November 1977 and 33/98 of 16 December national liberation struggle against racism, racial dis- 1978,

crimination, apartheid, colonialism and alien domination and for self-determination by all means, including armed

Taking into account its resolutions 33/99 and 33/100 struggle; of 16 December 1978,

Invites all Member States, United Nations or-

Aware of the serious threat to international peace and gans, the specialized agencies and intergovernmental security resulting from the continued defiance by the and non-governmental organizations to strengthen and racist regimes in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia enlarge the scope of their activities in support of the of the resolutions adopted by the international comobjectives of the Programme for the Decade; munity and of the will manifested by the latter to put 5.

Calls once again upon all the Governments which an end to the abhorrent policies of apartheid and racial have not yet done so to take legislative, administrative discrimination, the continuation of the illegal occupaand other measures in respect of their nationals and the tion of Namibia and the refusal to respect the right bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own and of peoples to self-determination,

operate enterprises in southern Africa, in order to put

Recognizing in particular the serious plight of women an end to such enterprises immediately; and children subjected to apartheid and racial discrimi- 6.

Appeals to all States to continue to co-operate nation,

with the Secretary-General by submitting their reports to him in accordance with paragraph 18 (e) of the Pro-

Recalling the importance of the attainment of the gramme for the Decade; objectives of the Decade,

Commends the national liberation movements,

Expressing its satisfaction at the results of the World

anti-apartheid and anti-racist movements and other non- Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discriminagovernmental organizations for their co-operation in intion, held at Geneva from 14 to 25 August 1978,

ternational efforts for the attainment of the purposes

Convinced that the Conference, which was held at the of the Decade; mid-point of the Decade and constituted an outstanding event therein, has made a valuable and constructive con- 2 Report of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Geneva, 14-25 August 1978 (United Na-

tribution to the achievement of the objectives of the tions publication, Sales No. E.79.XIV.2), chap. II.

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Appeals to all mass media and educational and cultural institutions to co-operate fully in the implementation of the Programme for the Decade;

Endorses the conclusions and recommendations of the International Seminar on Children under Apartheid, held in Paris from 18 to 20 June 1979 ;3 10.

Requests the Economic and Social Council to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session its report on the evaluation of the activities undertaken in connexion with the Decade, in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Programme for the Decade, taking mto account the results of the Conference set out in the Declaration and the Programme of Action which it

adopted;

Adopts the four-year programme of activities designed to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Programme for the Decade, as set forth in the annex to the present resolution;

Expresses its satisfaction to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Special Committee against Apartheid, the United Nations Council for Namibia, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Commission on Human Rights, through its Ad Hoe Working Group of Experts on Southern Africa and its Sub- Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, for their contribution to the implementation of the Programme for the Decade;

Invites in particular the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to monitor the implementation of the provisions of articles 4 and 7 · of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination4 in order to prevent any incitement to racism and racial discrimination and to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial or ethnic groups;

Decides to consider at its thirty-fifth session, as a matter of high priority, the item entitled "Implementation of the Programme for the Decade for. Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination".

Resolution Title Item Date of adoption Page

Programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

During the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, efforts should be intensified by all States, United Nations organs and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to achieve the speediest attainment of the objectives of the Decade, aimed at the complete and final elimination of all forms of racism and racial discrimination.

Particular attention should be paid to specific measures designed to ensure the implementation of the main provisions of the Programme for the Decade, of the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and of the other pertinent United Nations resolutions on racism, racial discrimination, apartheid, decolonization and self-determination, of the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid, 5 adopted by

a A/34/512, annex.

4 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex.

5 United Nations publication, Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and corrigendum, sect. X. the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, held at Lagos from 22 to 26 August 1977, the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia,0 adopted by the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, and the Programme of Action against Apartheid recommended by the International Seminar on the Eradication of Apartheid and in Support of the Struggle for Liberation in South Africa, held at Havana from 24 to 28 May 1976, adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 31/6 J of 9 November 1976.

Every effort should be made to bring about the complete isolation of the racist regimes and the strict application by all States Members of the United Nations of sanctions against those regimes, since any co-operation with them in the political, economic, militafY and other fields constitutes an impediment to the liberation of southern Africa. Governments are duty-bound to create the necessary conditions to ensure that transnational corporations shall cease to grant any assistance or support to the racist regimes of Pretoria and Salisbury or to exploit the peoples of southern Africa and the natural resources of their countries.

The Security Council is requested to consider urgently the possibility of imposing complete and mandatory sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations against the apartheid regime of South Africa and the racist regimes in southern Africa, in particular:

The cessation of all collaboration with South Africa in the nuclear field;

The prohibition of all technological assistance or collaboration in the manufacture of arms and military supplies in South Africa;

The prohibition of all loans to, and all investments in, South Africa and the cessation of all promotion of trade with South Africa;

An embargo on the supply of petroleum, petroleum products and other strategic commodities to South Africa.

The efforts undertaken by the organizations of the United Nations system should be intensified in order to keep public opinion constantly on the alert against the evils of racism, racial discrimination and apartheid through publications of the Centre against Apartheid of the Secretariat, the dissemination of various brochures and the issue by the Universal Postal Union, beginning in 1980, of a stamp to mark the Decade, etc.

The efforts of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat should be intensified in order to generate publicity and disseminate information with a view to mobilizing public support for the goals and objectives of the Decade. An annual report on the activities of the Department of Public Information should form part of the report prepared by the Secreta[Y-General in accordance with paragraph 18 (f) of the Programme for the Decade.

All States, international agencies and non-governmental organizations should intensify the campaigns organized to obtain the release of all political detainees imprisoned by the racist regimes for their brave struggle against apartheid, racism and racial discrimination and in defence of the rights of their peoples to self-determination and independence.

The appropriate organizations of the United Nations system should continue their investigation of the policies and practices in occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, based on various forms of racial discrimination against the peoples of those territories.

The World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, to be held in 1980, should contribute to the struggle against racism, racial discrimination and apartheid by recommending the adoption of other measures aimed at ensuring the active participation of women in the struggle against those evils.

The Secreta[Y-General should ensure the widest possible dissemination of the study on the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 7 prepared pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 2057 (LXII) of 12

6 A/32/ 109/Rev.l-S/12344/Rev.1, annex. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977.

1 A/CONF.92/8.

May 1977, and of the brochure8 on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, prepared by the Committee as its contribution to the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.

Regional seminars should be organized on an annual basis, at • the level of the regional commissions, on specific subjects.

The United Nations should adopt other measures aimed at improving the situation and ensuring the human rights and dignity of all migrant workers, including the drawing up of a convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers.

Activities should be undertaken to encourage the effective contribution of youth to the struggle against racism, racial discrimination and apartheid.

A week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, should be organized annually in all States.

All States should adopt, as a matter of high priority, measures to declare punishable by law any dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred and to prohibit organizations based on racial prejudice and hatred, including neo-Nazi and Fascist organizations and private clubs and institutions established on the basis of racial criteria or propagating ideas of racial discrimination and apartheid.

All States should eliminate, through legislation and administrative measures, all discriminatory practices against members of immigrant communities. They should ensure that immigrants and their families are gi-ven treatment which is no less favourable than that accorded their own nationals in matters such as education, employment, acquisition of property, health and housing facilities and travel within and outside the country.

The main activities to be undertaken for the achievement of these objectives are set forth below. This implies that:

The United Nations should provide adequate financial and human resources according to the priorities established by the General Assembly to combat racism, racial discrimination and apartheid;

The specialized agencies and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned must, within their respective fields of competence, make an essential contribution to the attainment of these ends. In addition to the preparation of the report of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 18 (j) of the Programme for the Decade, a certain number of activities should be undertaken during the second half of the Decade in particular.

In the light of paragraph 13 (b) of the Programme for the Decade, a seminar should be organized in 1981 by the Commission on Human Rights, in co-operation with the Special Committee against Apartheid, in order to study the formulation of effective measures to prevent transnational corporations and other established interests from collaborating with the racist regimes in southern Africa. The Commission on Transnational Corporations and the Commission on Human Rights should make a study in co-operation with the Special Committee against Apartheid, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the United Nations Council for Namibia with a view to enumerating specific measures whose application by all States, intergovernmental organizations, private institutions and non-governmental organizations will make it possible to end all collaboration with the racist regimes and prevent the supply of capital, loans, credits, foreign currency and any other form of commercial, financial and technological assistance to the economies of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia and Namibia by private banks, Governments and international agencies, such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund and similar institutions.

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 3377

(XXX) of 10 November 1975, the Commission on Human Rights, in co-operation with the Sub-Commission on Prevention

8 ''Towards a World without Racism" (OPl/613). of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, should undertake a study on ways and means of ensuring the implementation of the United Nations resolutions on apartheid, racism and racial discrimination and submit its conclusions to the Assembly at its thirty-seventh session through the Economic and Social Council.

A study should be undertaken in 1980 by the Ad Hoe Working Group of Experts on Southern Africa on ways and means of implementing international instruments, such as the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, including the establishment of the international jurisdiction envisaged by the Convention.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research should organize an international colloquium in 1980 on the elimination of apartheid, racism and racial discrimination and the achievement of self-determination in international law, with special attention to the principles of non-discrimination and selfdetermination as peremptory norms of international law.

A study should be prepared by the Secretary-General in 1981 on the links between the struggle against racism and the struggle for self-determination in southern Africa.

A study should be prepared in 1981 by the Commission on the Status of Women on the situation of women and children living under the racist minority regimes in southern Africa, especially under the apartheid regime, and of women and children living in the occupied Arab territories and other occupied territories.

A study should be undertaken in 1981 by the Secretary- General, in co-operation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, on the links between racial discrimination and inequalities in the fields of education, nutrition, health, housing and cultural development.

Under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a round-table of editors of newspapers concerned in informing public opinion about the evils of racism and racial discrimination, with wide circulation and from the various geographical regions, should be convened in the second half of 1980, on the basis of equitable distribution, to study the role of the mass communication media in combating racism, racial discrimination and apartheid. A report on the work of the round-table should be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 198 I.

An important feature of the second half of the Decade should be the holding of a second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, preferably at the end of the Decade, in order to review and appraise the activities undertaken during the Decade and to chart new measures where necessary. In accordance with the mandate given it, defined in paragraph 18 of the Programme for the Decade, the Economic and Social Council would act, as it did in the case of the first Conference, as a preparatory committee for this Conference.

The Economic and Social Council should plan to begin

considering the preparations for the Conference at its first regular session of 1980.

34 / 25. Review and co-ordination of human rights programmes of organizations in the United Na• tions system and co-operation with other international programmes in the field of human rights

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What other versions does this mandate have?

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