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150 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session Welcoming the Ministers' expressed readiness to work towards the implementation of General Assembly resolution 32/130 through the United Nations system, l. Takes note with appreciation of the progress report on the over-all analysis59 which was submitted to the General Assembly by the Commission on Human Rights, through the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with Assembly resolution 32/130; 2. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue with high priority this over-all analysis, which will contribute to the implementation of resolution 32/130; 3. Expresses the hope that all Member States, the specialized agencies concerned and United Nations organs in the field of human rights will continue to support the ongoing process of over-all analysis being carried out by the Commission on Human Rights; 4. Looks forward to discussing at its thirty-fourth session the conclusions and recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights which will result from its over-all analysis; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the specialized agencies concerned and all United Nations organs in the field of human rights; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session an item entitled "Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms". 86th plenary meeting 16 December 1978 33/105. Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for promoting the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental free- doms, including the creation of a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The General Assembly, Bearing in mind its resolution 32/130 of 16 De- cember 1977, in which it requested an over-all analysis of the United Nations approach to human rights in the light of the concepts enumerated in that resolution, Recalling the decision of the Third Committee at the thirty-second session of the General Assembly to refer the proposal for the establishment of a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for consideration by the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-fourth session in the context of the over-all analysis of the alternative approaches and ways and means for improving the effective enjoyment of human Iights and fundamental freedoms,60 Recalling also Commission on Human Rights reso- lution 26 (XXXIV) of 8 March 1978,61 in which 59 Official Records of the Economic and Social Coun- cil, 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978/34), chap. IX. 60 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session, Annexes, agenda item 76, document A/32/423, para. 23. 61 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Coun- cil, 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978/34), chap. XXVI, sect. A. the Commission considered advisable the establish- ment, which the Economic and Social Council author- ized on 5 May 1978 in its decision 1978/20, of an open-ended working group of the Commission that would meet for one week before its thirty-fifth session to undertake the necessary work relating to the over-all analysis, l. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to take into account, in continuing its work on the over- all analysis mentioned above, the views expressed on the various proposals during the general debate on the present item at the current session, as well as during the thirty-second session of the General Assembly, including a post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; 2. Decides to consider these questions again after the Commission on Human Rights has completed and/or reported on the over-all analysis. 86th plenary meeting 16 December 1978 33/106. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance The General Assembly, Recalling article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,62 proclaiming that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Noting that during the thirty years of its existence many portions of the Declaration have been expanded into various international instruments, while article 18 has thus far not been so elaborated, Still desirous to see article 18 followed by a declara- tion on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance, Recalling its resolution 3027 (XXVII) of 18 De- cember 1972, in which it decided to accord priority to the completion of the Declaration on the Elimina- tion of All Forms of Religious Intolerance before resuming consideration of the draft international con- vention on this subject, Recalling also its resolution 3267 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974, in which it requested the Commission on Human Rights to submit to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, a single draft Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and its resolutions 31/138 of 16 December 1976 and 32/143 of 16 December 1977, in which it urged the Commission to speed up its work so that the draft Declaration might be finalized, Noting with regret that the Commission on Human Rights has reported, through the Economic and Social Council, that it has as yet not completed the draft Declaration, Noting further the efforts undertaken by the informal working group set up by the Commission on Human Rights in elaborating a generally acceptable text of the Declaration, taking into account the relevant United Nations documents, Taking account of the fact that, since the Com- mission on Human Rights has undertaken to draft the 62 Resolution 217 A (III). VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 151 Declaration in response to the request made to it in General Assembly resolution 3267 (XXIX), the in- formal working group set up by the Commission at each of its sessions since 1974 has so far adopted the title and preamble of a draft Declaration,63 l. Requests the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-fifth session to give high priority to the drafting of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief and to strive towards completion of the draft Declaration at that session; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to make avail- able to the Commission on Human Rights the pro- visions of existing international instruments which relate to the problem of religious intolerance; 3. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to instruct its working group which has been established to carry out this task to set a time-table for a full consideration of the remaining articles of the draft Declaration during the thirty-fifth session of the Commission; 4. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session, through the Economic and Social Council, a single draft Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief; 5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session the item entitled "Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance" and to give it high priority. 86th plenary meeting 16 December 1978 33/162. Migratory labour in southern Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/105 A to N of 14 De- cember 1977 and 32/105 0 of 16 December 1977 relating to the policies of apartheid of the Govern- ment of South Africa, Recalling further Economic and Social Council reso- lution 2082 B (LXII) of 13 May 1977, in which the Council recommended that the General Assembly should declare 1978 the International Anti-Apartheid Year, Noting with satisfaction the proclamation of the year beginning on 21 March 1978 and ending on 20 March 1979 as International Anti-Apartheid Year, Bearing in mind the Programme for the Interna- tional Anti-Apartheid Year, 64 Recalling also the resolutions on accelerated eco- nomic development and international action and on the promotion of development strategies with a view to reducing economic dependence on South Africa and the Charter of Rights for Migrant Workers in Southern Africa which were adopted by the Conference on Migratory Labour in Southern Africa, 65 held at Lusaka from 4 to 8 April 1978, and organized by the Eco- nomic Commission for Africa and the International 63 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 6 (E/5927), para. 198. 64 Resolution 32/105 B, annex. 65 E/CN.14/ECO/142, part two. Labour Organisation, in co-operation with the Gov- ernment of Zambia and the liberation movements of southern Africa that are recognized by the Organiza- tion of African Unity, Aware of the heavy dependence of Botswana, Le- sotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Swaziland on their supply of migrant labour to South Africa and of the need to eliminate such undesirable dependence, Convinced that the continuance of the system of migrant labour to South Africa both perpetuates the evils of apartheid and retards the social and economic advancement of the States supplying migrant labour, Convinced also that the removal of this evil system of migrant labour would facilitate the elimination of apartheid and accelerate the socio-economic develop- ment and transformation of the supplier States, Realizing that the weak position of the supplier States to take action individually with a view to ex- tricating their dependent economies and their migrant nationals from the stranglehold of apartheid and the economy of South Africa calls for urgent concerted action and co-operation among the affected Member States as well as assistance from other African States, international organizations, non-African Governments and other organizations, I. Endorses the Charter of Rights for Migrant Workers in Southern Africa as adopted by the Lusaka Conference on Migratory Labour in Southern Africa on 7 April 1978 and annexed to the present resolution; 2. Urges all Member States and all organizations of the United Nations system and other international organizations, pursuant to the Lagos Declaration for Action against Apartheid66 adopted by the World Con- ference for Action against Apartheid, to extend to the African States affected by the migration of labour to South Africa all material, financial, technical and political support for the initiation and implementation of specific development programmes and projects aimed at enabling those States to utilize fully their avail- able labour force for the development of their own economies and thereby eliminate the necessity to export such labour to the apartheid economy of South Africa. ANNEX 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 Charter of Rights for Migrant Workers in Southern Africa adopted on 7 April 1978 by the Conference on Migratory Labour in Southern Africa We, tlze representatives of tlze States and peoples of soutlzern Africa, Noting that apartheid has been declared a crime against humanity by the General Assembly of the United Nations, Noting the work done by the International Labour Organisa- tion on the problems of migratory labour in southern Africa and recalling International Labour Organisation Conventions No. 87 of 9 July 1948 and Nos. 97 and 98 of 1 July 194967 concerning, respectively, the freedom of association and pro- tection of the right to organize, migration for employment and the application of the principles of the right to organize and to bargain collectively, 66 Report of the World Conference for Action against Apart- heid, Lagos, 22-26 August 1977 (United Nations publication Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and corrigendum), sect. X. ' 67 See International Labour Organisation, Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the Intcrnatio11al Labour Con- ference, 1919-1966 (Geneva, International Labour Office, 1966).

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