Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance

XXII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2295. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1781 (XVII) of 7 December 1962 and 2020 (XX) of 1 November 1965, Bearing in mind the decisions of the Third Committee:

(a) Not to mention any specific examples of religious intolerance in the draft International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Relief,[1]

(b) to amend the title, the preamble and article I of the draft Convention proposed by the Commission on Human Rights,[2]

Having been unable to complete the consideration of the draft Convention owing to its heavy agenda and the lack of time, Decides to accord priority during its twenty-third session to the item entitled: "Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance:

"(a) Draft Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Religious Intolerance;

"(b) Draft International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief".

1625th plenary meeting,
11 December 1967.


[1] Ibid., Twenty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 54, document A/6934, para. 21. [2] Ibid., para. 26, 72 and 90.
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