International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/53/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 108 Elimination of racism and racial discrimination, published in 1999.

What else is in this group?

14 documents · 1966–2017

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2017).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/RES/71/180	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	263	–
2015	A/RES/69/161	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	318	–
2013	A/RES/67/156	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1,941	–
2011	A/RES/65/200	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	2,051	–
2009	A/RES/63/243	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1,704	–

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12 subjects

Conferences Financing Information Exchange International Decades International Instruments Minorities Periodic Reports Racial Discrimination Reservations and Declarations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties Xenophobia

What’s in this document?

22 operative paragraphs

I

Takes note of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its fifty-second and fifty-third sessions;⁷

⁷Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/53/18).

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;

Expresses its concern at the fact that a great number of reports are overdue and continue to be overdue, in particular initial reports, which constitutes an obstacle to the full implementation of the Convention, and encourages the Secretariat to extend technical assistance to those States whose reports are seriously overdue, upon their request, in the preparation of the reports;

Commends the Committee on its continuing efforts to contribute to the effective implementation of the Convention, and notes its continuing efforts to improve its working methods;

Also commends the Committee for its continuing contribution to the prevention of racial discrimination, 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,⁸ 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, as appropriate, with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

⁸Resolution 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;

Takes note of the initial suggestions made by the Committee regarding the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and invites the Committee to give high priority to the preparatory process for the World Conference, to present to the Commission on Human Rights, which will act as the preparatory committee for the Conference, its contribution to the objectives of the Conference, including the undertaking of a series of studies, and to participate actively in the preparatory process and at the Conference itself;

Also takes note of Committee decisions 7 (53) and 8 (53) of 19 August 1998⁹ regarding organizational matters, authorizes the Secretary-General to extend, on a temporary basis, the 1999 and 2000 summer sessions of the Committee by five working days, and decides to consider the two decisions further at its fifty-fifth session;

⁹See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/53/18), chap. I, sect. F, para. 14.

II.FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;¹⁰

¹⁰A/53/255.

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 1992,5 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 the necessary support, including an adequate level of Secretariat assistance, in order 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-fifth session;

III.STATUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;¹¹

¹¹A/53/256.

Expresses its satisfaction at the number of States that have ratified the Convention or acceded thereto;

Reaffirms once again its conviction that ratification of or accession to the Convention on a universal basis and the implementation of its provisions are necessary for the realization of the objectives of the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and for action beyond the Decade;

Urges all States that have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede thereto;

Urges States to limit the extent of any reservation they lodge to the Convention and to formulate any reservation as precisely and as narrowly as possible in order to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the objective and purpose of the Convention or otherwise contrary to international treaty law, to review their reservations regularly with a view to withdrawing them and to withdraw reservations that are contrary to the objective and purpose of the Convention or that are otherwise incompatible with international treaty law;

Requests the States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to consider the possibility of making the declaration provided for in article 14 of the Convention;

Decides to consider at its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled “Elimination of racism and racial discrimination”, the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the reports of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee and the status of the Convention.