A/RES/2546(XXIV) GA

General Assembly-Twenty-fourth Session also General Assembly resolution 2446 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968 entitled "Measures to achieve the rapid and total elimination of all forms of racial dis- cnmination in general and of the policy of apartheid in particular", in which the Assembly requested the Sec- retary-General, in consultation with Member States,' to prepare a 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 Discrimina- tion; 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 mani- festations and in the name of intematiomil 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 tbe Secretary- General8 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; S. Invites the organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies concerned to co-operate and participate in the preparatory work and in the obser- vance 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 Discrimina- tion 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. 2545 (XXIV). Measures to be taken against nazism and racial intolerance The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2331 (XXII) of 18 Decem- ber 1967 and 2438 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968 on measures to be taken against totalitarian ideologies such as nazism and racial intolerance, Observing that on 1 September 1939 Hitlerite nazism began the Second World War, and recognizing the danger that the revival and development of nazism, which inflicted intolerable suffering on mankind, repre- sent today1 Reaffirming that nazism, including its present-day manifestations, racism and similar totalitarian ideologies and practi~es, which are based on terror and racial intolerance, are incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and constitute a gross violation of human rights and funda- •t)/iclal Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Sa.Ioli, Annexes, agenda it.em 55, document A/7649. mental freedoms which may jeopardize world peace and the security of peoples, Expressing its profound concern at the further in- tensification of activities by groups 8nd organizations which are carriers of the malignant ideologies and practices of nazism, including its present-day manifesta- tions, racism and other similar ideologies and prac- tices, Profoundly disquieted by the foct that not all the States concerned are responding to its appe:1ls, with due regard to the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to outlaw and prohibit nazi and racist organizations and groups and to make membership in them a criminal offence, 1. Renews its strong condemnation of racism, nazism, apartheid and all other totalitarian ideologies and practices; 2. Urgently calls upon those States concerned which have not yet done so to take immediate and effective measures, including legislative measures, with due regard to the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for the complete prohibi- tion of nazi and racist organizations and groups and for their prosecution in the courts; 3. Calls upon all States to take effective measures to inculcate the purposes and principles of !he Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in young people and in that way to protect them against any influence of nazism and similar ideologies and practices; 4. Calls upon all States and national and interna- tional organizations to set aside a day, to be observed each year on an appropriate date to be determined by each State and organization, in memory of the victims of the struggle against nazism and similar ideologies and practices based on terror and racial intolerance; 5. Recommends Governments of all States to pro- mote the publication and dissemination of material connected with United Nations efforts to combat nazism in the past and material publicizing the danger of the present revival of nazism in a number of countries; 6. Requests States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized agencies to submit to the Secretary-General, for consideration by the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session, information on the measures they have adopted and are adopting under the present resolution; 7. Decides to retain on its agenda as a matter of priority the item concerning measures to be taken against nazism and racial intolerance. 1829th plenary meeting, 11 December 1969. 2546 (XXIV). Respect for and implementation of human rights in occupied territories The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Bearing in mind the provisions of the Geneva Con- vention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 19499 and the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling the humanitarian resolutions regarding the violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms 11 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 7S (19S0), No. 973. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee SS in the territories occupied by Israel, especially Security Council resolutions 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967 and 259 (1968) of 27 September 1968, Commission on Human Rights resolutions 6 (XXIV) of 27 February 196810 and 6 (XXV) of 4 March 1969,11 and the relevant resolutions of the International Conference on Human Rights held at Teheran in 1968, the Eco- nomic and Social Council, the United Nations Educa- tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, Further recalling its resolutions 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967 and 2443 (XXIII) and 2452 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968, Concerned that the provisions of these resolutions have not been implemented by the Israeli authorities, Gravely alarmed by fresh reports of collective pun- ishments, mass imprisonment, indiscriminate destruction of homes and other acts of oppression against the civilian population in the Arab territories occupied by Israel, 1. Reaffirms its resolutions relating to the violations of human rights in the territories occupied by Israel; 2. Expresses its grave concern at the continuing reports of violation of human rights in those territories; 3. Condemns such policies and practices as collec- tive and area punishment, the destruction of homes and the deportation of the inhabitants of the territories oc- cupied by Israel; 4. Urgently calls upon the Government of Israel to desist forthwith from its reported repressive practices and policies towards the civilian population in the oc- cupied territories and to comply with its obligations under the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the relevant resolutions adopted by the various interna- tional organizations; 5. Requests the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of tte Population of the Occupied Territories,1~ established under General Assembly resolution 2443 (XXIII), to take cogniz:mce of the provisions of the present reso- lution. 1829th plenary meeting, 11 December 1969. 2547 (XXIV). Measures for effectively combat- ing racial discrimination and the policies of apartheid and segregation in southern Africa A The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2396 (XXIII) of 2 Decem- ber 1968 by which it, inter alia, reaffirmed its recog- nition of the legitimacy of the struggle of the people of South Africa for all human rights, condemned the Government of South Africa for its cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of political prisoners and de- lOSee Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Forty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 4 (E/4475), chapter XVIIl. 11 lbid., Forty-sixth Session, document E/4621, chapter XVIIl. 12 The Committee is composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Ceylon, Somalia and Yugoslavia (see A/7495/ Add.3 ). dared that captured freedom fighters should be treated as prisoners of war under international law, Further recalling paragraph 1 of its resolution 2395 (XXIII) of 29 November 1968, by which it reaffirmed the inalienable right of the peoples of the Territories under Portuguese domination to self-determination, freedom and independence. and also paragraph 12 of the same resolution, by which it called upon the Gov- ernment of Portugal, in view of the armed conflict and inhuman treatment of prisoners, to ensure the applica- tion to that situation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949,13 Taking into account paragraph I of its resolution 2383 (XXIII) of 7 November 1968, by which it reaf- firmed the inalienable right of the people of Zimbabwe to freedom and independence and the legitimacy of their struggle to attain that right, am! also p:ir:1graph 13 of the same resolution, by wl1ich it called upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in view of the armed conflict prevailing in the Territory and the inhuman treatment of prisoners, to ensure the applic:1tiun to th:1t situation of the Geneva Convention relatiw to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August I 949, Recalling also its resolution 2403 (XXI!l) of 16 De- cember 1968 bv which it, inter aliu, reiterated its con- demnation of the Government of South Afric:1 for its persistent refusal to withdraw from Namibia, Noting the feeling of grave cnncern, expressed in its resolution 2465 ( XXIII) of 20 December 1968, about the dev::l:1pment in southern Afric:1 of the entente between the Governments of Portugal and South Africa and the illeg:tl r::eist minority rc'gime in Southern Rhodesia, which, intC'r alia, c:1n only result in further suffering being inflicted upon pnlitic;d prisnners and detainees in prisons ;md in police custody as well as upon captured freedom fighters, Further noting its resolution 2440 ( ',' X Tfl) of 19 Dcce!T'her 1968 relating to tl'e first report 11 of the Ad Hoe Working Group of Experts on the treatment of political prisoners in South Afrir:a established by resolution 2 (XXIII) of 6 March 19(,7 of t 1,e Commis- sion on Human Rights, 1" Recalling Ec,momic and Social Council resolution 1412 (XLVI) of 6 June 1969 reg:m!ing the infringe- ments of trade-union rights in southern Afric:1, Determined to promote immediate and urgent action with a view to restoring the human rights and funda- mental freedoms of the oppressed peoples of southern Africa, 1. Reaffirms its recognition of the legitimacy of the struggle by the opponents of apartheid, racial discrim- ination and Portuguese colonialism in southern Africa to realize their human rights and fundamental free- doms; 2. Again condemns the Government of Snuth Africa for the inhuman and degrading treatment and torture meted out to political prisoners and detainees and to captured freedom fighters; 3. Further condemns the Government of South Africa for its refusal to permit an impartial inquiry into the deaths of political prisoners and detainees, 1s United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75 ( 195n, No. 972. 14 E/CN.4/950. 15 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council Forty-second Session, Supplement No. fi (F '4'.L'~ and Corr.I)' para. 268. ··'

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