Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 37/46 of 30 December 1982 on the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and 38/18 of 22 November 1983 on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as well as its other relevant resolutions on the implementation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions, submitted under article 409, paragraph 402, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Emphasizing that it is important for the success of the struggle against all instances of racial discrimination, including vestiges and manifestations of racist ideologies wherever they exist, that all Member States be guided in their internal and foreign policies by the basic provisions of the Convention, Mindful of the obligation of all States parties to comply fully with the provisions of the Convention, Welcoming all States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention, including Namibia, which acceded to the Convention on 1140December401982, represented by the United Nations Council for Namibia, Welcoming also the continued co-operation of the Committee with the competent specialized agencies, especially with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organisation, and other United Nations bodies, Taking note of the decisions adopted and the recommendations made by the Committee at its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions,

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions;

2. Commends the Committee for its contribution to the elimination of all forms of discrimination based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin, wherever it exists;

3. Strongly condemns the policy of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia as the most abhorrent form of racial discrimination and urges all Member States to adopt effective political, economic and other measures in order to secure the elimination of that policy and to achieve the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies;

4. Calls upon the United Nations bodies concerned to ensure that the Committee is supplied with all relevant information on all the Territories to which General Assembly resolution 151440(XV) of 1440December401960 applies and urges the administering Powers to co-operate with these bodies by providing all the necessary information in order to enable the Committee to discharge fully its responsibilities under article4015 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;

5. Commends the Committee for its continuous endeavours towards the elimination of the policy of apartheid, racism and racial discrimination in southern Africa and the implementation of the United Nations resolutions relating to the liberation and independence of Namibia;

6. Welcomes the efforts of the Committee aimed at the elimination of all forms of discrimination against national or ethnic minorities, persons belonging to such minorities and indigenous populations, whenever such discrimination exists, and the attainment of the full enjoyment of their human rights through the implementation of the principles and provisions of the Convention;

7. Welcomes further the efforts of the Committee aimed at the elimination of all forms of discrimination against migrant workers and their families, the promotion of their rights on a non-discriminatory basis and the achievement of their full equality, including the freedom to maintain their cultural characteristics;

8. Calls upon all Member States to adopt effective legislative, socio-economic and other necessary measures in order to ensure the prevention or elimination of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin;

9. Further calls upon the States parties to the Convention to protect fully, by the adoption of the relevant legislative and other measures, in conformity with the Convention, the rights of national or ethnic minorities and persons belonging to such minorities, as well as the rights of indigenous populations;

10. Commends the States parties to the Convention on the measures taken to ensure, within their jurisdiction, the availability of appropriate recourse procedures for the victims of racial discrimination;

11. Reiterates its invitation to the States parties to the Convention to provide the Committee, in accordance with its general guidelines, with information on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention, including information on the demographic composition of their population and on their relations with the racist regime of South Africa;

12. Takes note with appreciation of the contribution of the Committee towards the achievement of the goals of the Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination as well as its contribution to the Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination in preparing studies on the implementation of particular articles of the Convention;

13. Appeals to the States parties to take fully into consideration their obligation under the Convention to submit their reports in due time.