Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/52/110View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 110 Elimination of racism and racial discrimination, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1971–1998

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1998	A/RES/52/110	Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	979	32%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/137	Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	1,033	63%Compare
1995	A/RES/49/145	Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	743	—
1993	A/RES/47/79	Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	—	—
1992	A/RES/46/83	Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	—	—

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Early Warning Systems Financing Information Exchange International Decades International Instruments Minorities Periodic Reports Racial Discrimination Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties Xenophobia

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

I

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its fiftieth and fifty-first sessions;⁵

⁵Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/52/18).

Commends the Committee for its work with regard to the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,1 especially the examination of reports under article 9 and action on communications under article 14 of the Convention;

Calls upon States parties to fulfil their obligation, under paragraph 1 of article 9 of the Convention, to submit their periodic reports on measures taken to implement the Convention in due time;

Commends the Committee on its efforts to contribute to the effective implementation of international instruments on human rights, inter alia, by continuing to improve its working methods, which include the process of reviewing the implementation of the Convention in States whose reports are seriously overdue, and, in that regard, invites the Secretary-General to seek further ways to assist those States in fulfilling their reporting obligations;

Commends the Committee for its continuing contribution to the prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning measures and urgent procedures, and welcomes its relevant action thereon;

Encourages the Committee to continue to contribute fully to the implementation of the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and its revised Programme of Action,⁶ including by continuing to collaborate with the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights, as well as by cooperating with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

⁶Resolution 49/146, annex.

Welcomes and encourages the cooperation and exchange of information between the Committee and relevant structures and mechanisms of the United Nations, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as with the General Assembly and the States parties to the Convention;

II.FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION

OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial status of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,⁷

⁷A/52/463.

Expresses its profound concern about the fact that a number of States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination have still not fulfilled their financial obligations, as shown in the report of the Secretary-General, and strongly appeals to all States parties that are in arrears to fulfil their outstanding financial obligations under paragraph 6 of article 8 of the Convention;

Strongly urges States parties to the Convention to accelerate their domestic ratification procedures with regard to the amendment to the Convention concerning the financing of the Committee and to notify the Secretary-General expeditiously in writing of their agreement to the amendment, as decided upon at the Fourteenth Meeting of States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on 15 January 1992,3 endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/111 of 16 December 1992 and further reiterated at the Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties on 16 January 1996;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure adequate financial arrangements and appropriate means and to provide necessary support to ensure the functioning of the Committee and to enable it to cope with its increasing amount of work;

Also requests the Secretary-General to invite those States parties to the Convention that are in arrears to pay the amounts in arrears and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;

Decides to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee and the report of the Committee at its fifty-third session under the item entitled "Elimination of racism and racial discrimination".

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II.FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION

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