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132 General Assembly-Thirty-second Session 2. Expresses its satisfaction with the increase in the number of States which have ratified the Convention or acceded thereto; 3. Requests all States which have not yet become 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 the functions set out in article X of the Convention; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his next annual report under General Assembly resolu- tion 3380 (XXX) a special section concerning 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 International 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 All 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 or national or ethnic minorities, and to ensure that all public authorities and public institutions, na- tional and local, shall 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 Elimination 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 Working Group on the Implementation of the Inter- national Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid consists of the following members: Cuba, Nigeria and Syrian Arab Republic. 11 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/32/18). all other Territories to which General Assembly resolu- tion 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applies, draws the attention of the relevant United Nations bodies to the opinions and recommendations of the Committee relating to those Territories and stresses the necessity of providing the Committee with sufficient information in order to enable it to discharge fully its responsibilities under article 15 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; 3. Commends the Committee for furthering the implementation of the Convention by requesting the States parties to the 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 lead to racial discrimination, promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial or ethnic groups, and propagating the pur- poses and principles of the Charter of the United Na- tions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All 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 principles contained in the Convention; 5. Welcomes all efforts by the Committee to focus the greatest attention on the just cause of the peoples struggling against the oppression of the colonialist and racist regimes 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 regimes in south- ern Africa; (b) General recommendation IV of 16 August 1973 on the demographic composition of their popula- tion; ( c) General recommendation V of 13 April 1977 on measures adopted to give effect to article 7 of the Convention; 7. Expresses its grave concern that some States parties to the Convention, for reasons beyond their control, are prevented from fulfilling their obligation under the Convention in parts of their 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 all forms of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin; 9. Invites all States which are not yet parties tn the Convention to ratify or accede to it and, pending VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third (:ommittee 133 such ratification or accession, to be guided by the basic provisions of the Convention in their internal and foreign policies. 32/14. 60th plenary meeting 7 November 1977 Importance of the universal realiza~ion of the right of peoples to self-determma- tion and of the speedy granting of in• dependence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2649 (XXV) of 30 No- vember 1970, 2955 (XXVII) of 12 December 1972, 3070 (XXVIII) of 30 November 1973, 3246 (XXIX) of 29 November 1974, 3382 (XXX) of 10 November 1975 and 31/34 of 30 November 1976, Recalling also its resolutions 2465 (XXIII) of 20 De- cember 1968, 2548 (XXIV) of 11 December 1969, 2708 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, 3103 (XXVIII) of 12 December 1973 and 3314 (XXIX) of 14 De- cember 1974 on the use and recruitment of mercenaries against national liberation movements and sovereign States, Recalling the Maputo Declaration in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Nami~ia and the Progra1?1?e of Action for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and Namibia, adopted by the International Conference in Support of the Peoples of Zimbabwe and Namibia,12 held at Maputo from 16 to 21 May 1977, and the declaration adopted by the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, 13 held at Lagos from 22 to 26 August 1977, Taking note of the declaration of the First Afro-Arab Summit Conference, 14 held at Cairo from 7 to 9 March 1977, Reaffirming its faith in General Assembly resolu- tion 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Co- lonial Countries and Peoples, and the importance of its implementation, Reaffirming the importance of the universal realiza- tion of the right of peoples to self-determination, na- tional sovereignty and territorial integrity and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples as imperatives for the enjoyment of human rights, Affirming that "bantustanization" is incompatible with genuine independence, unity and national_ sover- eignty and would have the effect of perpetuating the power of the white minority and the racist system of apartheid in South Africa, Reaffirming the obligation of all Member States to comply with the principles of the Charter and the reso- lutions of the United Nations regarding the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under co- lonial and alien domination, 12A/32/109/Rev.l-S/12344/Rev.J, annex V. For the printed text, see Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty- second Year, Supplement for July, August and September 1977. 13 A/CONF.91/9 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and cmrigendum), sect. X. 14 A/32/61, annex I. Welcoming the independence of Djibouti, Reaffirming the national unity and territorial in- tegrity of the Comoros, Indignant at the continued violations_ of the hun~an rights of the peoples still under colonial ~nd f?re1gn domination and alien subjugation, the contmuatlon of the illegal occupation of Namibia and South Afri~a's attempts to dismember its territory, the perpetuation of the racist minority regimes in Zimbabwe and Sout_h Africa and the denial to the Palestinian people of their inalienable national rights, 1. Calls upon all States to implement fully and faithfully the resolutions of the United Nations regard- ing the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial and alien domination; 2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peo- ples for independence, territorial integri~y, natic:mal unity and liberation from colonial and foreign domma- tion and alien subjugation by all available means, in- cluding armed struggle; 3. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe, of the Palestinian people and of all peoples under alien and colonial domination to self-determination, national independence, territorial integrity, national unity and sovereignty without ex- ternal interference; 4. Demands the immediate evacuation of the French administration and forces from the Comorian territory of Mayotte; 5. Condemns the policy of "bantustanization" and reiterates its support for the oppressed people of South Africa in their just and legitimate struggle against the racist minority regime in Pretoria; 6. Reaffirms that the practice of using mercenaries against national liberation movements and sovereign States constitutes a criminal act and that the mercenaries themselves are criminals, and calls upon the Govern- ments of all countries to enact legislation declaring the recruitment, financing and training of mercenaries in their territory and the transit of mercenaries through their territory to be punishable offences and prohibiting their nationals from serving as mercenaries, and to re- port on such legislation to the Secretary-General; 7. Condemns the policies of those members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and of other coun- tries whose political, economic, military or sporting relations with the racist regimes in southern Africa and elsewhere encourage these regimes to persist in their suppression of the aspirations of peoples for self-deter- mination and independence; 8. Strongly condemns all Governments which do not recognize the right to self-determination and in- dependence of all peoples still under colonial and for- eign domination and alien subjugation, notably the peop!es of Africa and the Palestinian people; 9. Strongly condemns the ever increasing massacres of innocent and defenceless people, including women and children. by the racist minority regimes of southern Africa i11 their desperate attempt to thwart the legitimate demands of the people: 10. Demands the immediate release of all persons detained or imprisoned as a result of their struggle for self-determination and independence, full respect for their fundamental personal rights and the observance of article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human

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