Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (42nd sess. : 1986 : Geneva)
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Date:
28 February 1986
1986/8. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination[1]33
The Commission on Human Rights, Reaffirming the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance oft human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to racer 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 1985/11 of 26 February 1985, 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 remedial measures, Recalling General Assembly resolution 40/22 , adopted without a vote on 29 November 1985, by which the Assembly appealed to all Governments, organizations and individuals to contribute generously to the Trust Fund for the Programs for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Taking note with satisfaction of the declarations made by some States regarding their contributions to that Fund, Convinced of the need to take more effective and sustained international measures for the elimination of all forms of racism and racial discrimination and the total eradication of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, 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 Poems 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;[2]34
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;[3]35
4. Appeals to all Governments, organizations and individuals in a position to do so to contribute generously to the Trust Fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, so as to enable the Secretary-General to implement the various programme elements outlined in the plan of activities for 1985-1989;
5. 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;
6. Welcomes the decision of the Economic and Social Council[4]36 to organize a seminar on international assistance and support to peoples and movements fighting against colonialism, racism, racial discrimination and apartheid, to be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 28 April to 9 may 1986;
7. Reiterates its decision to give thematic consideration, each year, to a selected topic within the plan of activities for 1985-1989;
8. Further decides that the topic for such thematic consideration in 1988 will be "The main obstacles to the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination and apartheid",
9. Welcomes General Assembly resolution 40/22 , in which the Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to organize in 1988 a global consultation on racial discrimination involving representatives of the United Nations system, regional intergovernmental organizations and interested non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, to focus on the co-ordination of international activities to combat racism and racial discrimination;
10. 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-third session.
[1]33 Adopted at the 38th meeting, on 28 February 1986, without a vote. See chap. XVII. [2]34 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, No. 6193, p. 93. [3]35 A/39/167-E/1984/33 and Add.1 and 2. [4]36 Economic and Social Council decision 1985/141 of 30 May 1985.
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