Draft Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

XXVII. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the third committee
2922. Draft Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2786 (XXVI) of 6 December 1971, Reaffirming its firm conviction that apartheid constitutes a total negation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and is a crime against humanity, Recognizing the urgent need to take further effective measures with a view to the suppression and punishment of apartheid, Reaffirming again that the conclusion of an international convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid would be an important contribution to the struggle against apartheid, racism, economic exploitation, colonial domination and foreign occupation, Noting with satisfaction the efforts made in order to elaborate an international document on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Special Committee on Apartheid and to States the revised draft Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid[1] and the amendments thereto[2] for their comments and views;

2. Invites the Economic and Social Council to request the Commission on Human Rights at its twenty-ninth session to consider as a priority item the revised draft Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid and the amendments thereto, and to submit the results of its consideration thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session.

2085th plenary meeting
15 November 1972

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[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 50, document A/8880, para. 42. 8 Ibid., para. 43. [2] Ibid., para. 43.