Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (41st sess. : 1985 : Geneva)
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Date:
26 February 1985
1985/11. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination[1]46
The Commission on Human Rights, Reaffirming the obligations of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Reaffirming its conviction that racism, racial discrimination and apartheid constitute a total negation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling its resolution 1984/8 of 28 February 1984, Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 39/16 of 23 November 1984 on the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, in which the Assembly invited the Commission on Human Rights to continue exercising vigilance in identifying actual or emergent situations of racism or racial discrimination, to draw attention to them where discovered and to suggest appropriate remedial measures, Welcoming the adoption by consensus by the General Assembly of the plan of activities for the period 1985-1989,[2]47 Conscious of the necessity of attaining the objectives of the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination,1. Commends all States that have ratified or acceded to the relevant international instruments;
2. Appeals to those States that have not yet done so to take the necessary steps to ratify, accede to and implement the relevant international instruments, particularly the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid and the Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on 14 December 1960;[3]48
3. Urges all States and international organizations to co-operate with the Secretary-General in the implementation of the plan of activities for the period 1985-1989;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human Rights annually of the progress made in carrying out the above-mentioned plan of activities so that the Commission can make its contribution thereto;
5. Decides to give thematic consideration, each year, to a selected topic within the plan of activities for 1985-1989;
6. Further decides that the topic for thematic consideration in 1987 shall be "International assistance and support to peoples and movements struggling against colonialism, racism, racial discrimination and apartheid";
7. Recommends to the Economic and Social Council the organization in 1986 of an international seminar, in Africa, on the topic referred to in paragraph 6 above;
8. Decides to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination as a matter of high priority at its forty-second session.
[1]46 Adopted at the 32nd meeting, on 26 February 1985, without a vote. See chap. XVII. [2]47 A/39/167-E/1984/33 and Add.1 and 2. [3]48 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, No. 6193, p.93.
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