Programme for the observance in 1971 of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
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11 December 1969
XXIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
2544. Programme for the observance in 1971 of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1. Designates the year 1971 as International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
2. Considers that the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination should be observed in the name of the ever-growing struggle against racial discrimination in all its forms and manifestations and in the name of international solidarity with those struggling against racism;
3. Approves the programme for the observance of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination prepared by the Secretary-General[3] and calls upon all States to co-operate in every possible way in its implementation;
4. Urgently appeals to all States to intensify and expand their efforts at the national and the international levels towards ensuring the rapid and total eradication of racial discrimination, including the policy of apartheid, nazism and all of its contemporary forms as well as other manifestations of racism;
5. Invites the organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies concerned to co-operate and participate in the preparatory work and in the observance of the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session a progress report on the preparations for the International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination based on any information which he may receive from States, the organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies concerned.
1829th plenary meeting,11 December 1969.
[1] The Convention entered into force on 4 January 1969. [2] Final Act of the International Conference on Human Rights (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.68.)CIV.2), p. 18. [3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda item 55, document A/7649.
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