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VI. Hesolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 131 6. Urges United Nations organs, specialized agen- cies and intergovernmental and non-governmental or- ganizations to strengthen and enlarge the scope of their activities in support of the objectives of the Programme for the Decade, in particular by: (a) lntensifying their educational and infonm.tion campaigns; ( b) Increasing their material and moral support to the national liberation movements and the victims of racism, racial discrimination and apartheid; (e) Offering all assistance to and co-operating with the Secretary-General to ensure the success of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Dis- crimination; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to do his utmost to give the Programme for the Decade the fullest pub- licity, having regard to the need to focus international attention on the struggle against racism, racial dis- crimination and apartheid; 8. Renews its call for adequatc resources to be made available to the Secretary-General to enable him to undertake the activities entrusted to him under para- graph 18 (g) of the Programme for the Decade; 9. Appeals once again to Governments and prívate organizations to make voluntary contributions in sup- port of the activities envisaged in the Programme for the Decade; 10. Decides to consider at its thirty-third session, as a matter of high priority, an item entitled "lmple- mentation of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination". 60th plenary meeting 7 November 1977 32/11. Status of the lnternational Convention on the Elimination of All F orms of Racial Discrimination The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3057 (XXVIII) of 2 No- vember 1973, 3135 (XXVlll) of 14 December 1973, 3225 (XXIX) of 6 November 1974, 3381 (XXX) of 10 N ovember 1975 and 31 /79 of 13 December I 97 6, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral2 on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of Ali Forms of Racial Discrimina- tion;3 2. Expresses its satisf a et ion with the in crease in the number of States which have ratified the Conven- tion or acceded thereto; 3. Reaffirms once again its conviction that ratifica- tion of or accession to the Convention on a universal basis and implementation of its provisions are necessary for the realization of the objectives of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination; 4. Appeals to States which have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede thereto; 5. Appeals to States parties to the Convention to study the possibility of making the declaration provided for in article 14 of the Convention; 2 A/32/186. 3 Resolution 2106 A (XX), annex. 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continuc to submit to the General Assembly annual reports con- ccrning the status of the Convention, in accordance with Assembly rcsolution 2106 A (XX) of 21 Dc- cember 1965. 60th p!enary meeting 7 November I 977 32/12. Status of the International Convention on the Suppression ami Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3068 (XXVIII) of 30 No- vember 1973, by which it adopted and opened for signature and ratification the lnternational Convcntion on thc Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, and its resolutions 3380 (XXX) of JO No- vember 1975 and 31.180 of 13 December 1976, Reaffirming its conviction that apartheid constitutes a total negation of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and is a crime against humanitv and that its continued intensification and expansión seriously disturb and threaten intcrnational peace and sccurity, Convinced that ratification of and accession to thc Convention on a universal basis and implementatio!1 of its provisions without delay are nccessary for the achievement of the goals of the Decadc for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimin~:ticn. 1 Convinced that the proclamation of 1978 as Inter- national Anti-Apartheid Year5 will contribute to thc aims of the Convention, Bearing in mind thc Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibiaü adopted by the lnternational Conferencc in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia, held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, and the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid• adopted by thc World Conference for Action against Apartheid, hcld at Lagos from 22 to 26 August 1977, Taking note of the document referring to the Gen- eral Declaration and the Programmc of Action adopted by the World Conference against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa, hcld at Lishon from l 6 to 19 June 1977,' Convinced that the lcgitimate struggle of the op- presscd peoples in southern Africa against apartheid, colonialism and racial discrimination and the dTectivc implementation of their inalienable and legitim,1te rights, including their right to self-determination, demand al! nccessary support by the international community. 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Gen- cral on the status of the International Convention on the Sur,pression and Punishmcnt of the Crime of Apart- heid/' 4 S,~ resolution 3057 (XXVIII). ~ Sce Ofjicia/ Record.1· of the General Assemblv, Thirtv- second Session, Supp/emen! No. 22A (A/32/22Í Add.1-3), document A/32/22/ Ad<l.2. li A/32/109/Rev.l-S/12344/Rev.l, annex V, sect. IJ. For the printed text, see O{fícial Rr-cords of the Securitv Co1111cil Thirty-sccond Year. S11rplement for Ju/y, Aug11s1· and Sep: tember 1977. i A/CONF.91/9 (United Nations publication. Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and corrigendum). sect. X. s A/ AC.115/L.467. "An2/187. 132 General Assembly-Thirty-second Session 2. Expresses its satisf action with the in crease in the number of States which have ratified the Convention or acceded thereto; 3. Requests all States which have not yet becomc parties to the Convention to accede thereto as soon as possible; 4. Welcomes the establishment by the Chairman of the thirty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights of a group as provided for by article IX of the Convention;10 5. Invites the Commission on Human Rights to continue its efforts to undertake thc functions set out in article X of the Convcntion; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his next annual report under General Assembly resolu- tion 3380 (XXX) a special section conccrning the implementation of the Convention. 60th plenary meeting 7 November 1977 32/13. Report of the Committee on the Elimina- tion of Racial Discrimination The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3057 (XXVIII) of 2 No- vember 1973 and 32/10 of 7 November 1977 on the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Dis- crimination, resolution 31/81 of 13 December 1976 on the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and resolution 32/11 of 7 November 1977 on the status of the lnternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its fifteenth and sixteenth sessions11 submitted under article 9, paragraph 2, of the International Convention on the Elimination of Al! Forms of Racial Discrimination, Noting with appreciation the decisions taken by the Committee at its sixteenth session about its contribution to the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination by preparing a document on the Con- vention and a relevant study on the acceptance and implementation of the Convention, Stressing the importance of the undertaking of States parties to the Convention to engage in no act or practice of racial discrimination against any person, groups of persons ar national or ethnic minorities, and to ensure that all public authorities and public institutions, na- tional and local, shaH act in conformity with this obliga- tion, in accordance with relevant provisions of the Convention, Noting the decisions adopted by the Committee at its fifteenth and sixteenth sessions, l. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Eliminatiori of Racial Discrimina- tion; 2. Takes note also of the part of the report relating to Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories and to 10 The Workíng Group on the Implementatíon of the Inter- natíonal Conventíon on the Suppression and Punishment of the Críme of Apartheid consists of the following members: Cuba, Nigeria and Syrian Arab Republic. 11 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplemcnt No. 18 (A/32/18). all other Territories to which General Assembly resolu- tion 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applics, draws the artention of the relevant United Nations bodies to the opinions and recommendations of the Committec relating to those Territories and stresses the necessity of providing thc Committee with sufficient information in order to enab!c it to discharge fully its rcsponsibilities under article 15 of the International Convention on thc Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; 3. Commends the Committec for furthering the implemcntation of the Convention by rcquesting thc States parties to thc Convention to include in their reports under article 9 information on the measures which they have adopted to give effect to article 7 of the Convention in the fields of teaching, education, culture and information with a view to combating prej- udices which lcad to racial discrimination, promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial ar ethnic groups, and propagating the pur- poses and principies of the Charter of the United Na- tions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United N ations Declaration on the Elimination of Ali Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention; 4. Welcomes decision 2 (XVI) of 9 August 1977 in which the Committee decided in principle to give general distribution to the reports of States parties to the Convention and other official documents of the Committee which would bring about greater awareness by world public opinion of the problem of racial dis- crimination and mobilize it on the realization of the goals and principies contained in the Convention; 5. Welcomes all efforts by the Committee to focus the grcatest attention on the just cause of the peoples struggling against the oppression of the colonialist and racist régimes in southern Africa; 6. Invites States parties to the Convention to pro- vide necessary information to the Committee in ac- cordance with article 9 of the Convention, taking into account in particular: (a) General recommendation III of 18 August 1972 and decision 2 (XI) of 7 April 1975 on the status of their relations with the racist régimes in south- ern Africa; (b) General recommendation IV of 16 August 1973 on the demographic composition of their popula- tion; (e) General recommendation V of 13 April 1977 on measures adopted to give effect to article 7 of thc Convention; 7. Expresses its grave concern that sorne States parties to the Convention, for reasons beyond their control, are prevented from fulfilling their obligation undcr the Convcntion in parts of thcir respective terri- tories, endorses the relevant decisions of the Com- mittee and recalls General Assembly resolution 2784 (XXVI) of 6 December 1971 and Assembly resolu- tion 3266 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974 concerning the situation in the Golan Heights; 8. Invites the States parties to the Convention to observe fully the provisions of the Convention and other international instruments and agreements to which they are parties concerning the elimination of ali forms of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin; 9. Invites al! Sta tes which are not yet parties tn the Convcntion to ratify or accede to it and, pending

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