Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

XXVIII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
3134. Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The General Assembly, Recalling that, in its resolution 3057 (XXVIII) of 2 November 1973 on the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, the General Assembly has emphasized, in the programme for the Decade, the need for universal ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,[1] as well as the need for giving full effect to all the provisions of the Convention, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the fourth year of its activities [2] submitted under article 9, paragraph 2, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Noting the decisions of the Committee contained in chapter X of its report,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;

2. Expresses its satisfaction at the increasing participation of States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in submitting their reports to the Committee and by sending representatives to the Committee when it considers their reports;

3. Endorses the Committee's request in its decision 2 (VlII) of 21 August 1973 concerning specific information to be made available to the Committee by the Trusteeship Council and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples under article 15 of the Convention, on Trust Territories, Non-Self-Governing Territories and all other Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applies, and draws to the attention of these organs the conclusions and recommendations set out in the report of the Committee[3] concerning information submitted by them;

4. Takes note of the Committee's decision 4 (VII) of 25 April 1973 relating to information supplied by the Syrian Arab Republic and, in this connexion, recalls its endorsement of the Committee's decision 4 (IV) of 30 August 1971 in section III of General Assembly resolution 2784 (XXVI) of 6 December 1971;

5. Endorses the request of the Committee contained in its decision 5 (VII) of 4 May 1973 concerning the holding of one of its sessions in 1974 at Geneva;

6. Expresses the conviction that the Committee, by fulfilling its responsibilities under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, will contribute to the implementation of General Assembly resolution 3057 (XXVIII) relating to the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

7. Urgently requests all States which are not yet parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to ratify or accede to the Convention as soon as possible.

2201st plenary meeting,
14 December 1973


[1] Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/9018). [3] Ibid., para. 335.
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