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VI. Resolutiom adopted on tbe repons of the Third Committee 167 tion of the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination; 3. Welcomes also the continued co-operation of the Committee with the competent specialized agencies and other United Nations bodies, especially with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- tion, to secure the fullest possible implementation of article 7 of the International Convention on the Elimina- tion of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; 4. Commends the Committee for continuing to focus its attention on the just cause of peoples struggling against colonialism, oppression and occupation wherever they exist, particularly in southern Africa, as is within its mandate; 5. Calls once again upon relevant United Nations bodies to supply the Committee with sufficient informa- tion on Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories and all other Territories to which General Assembly resolu- tion 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applies to enable it to discharge fully its responsibilities under article 15 of the Convention; 6. Expresses its grave concern that some States par- ties to the Convention, for reasons beyond their control, are being prevented from fulfilling their obligations under the Convention in parts of their respective terri- tories, and in this respect supports the opinion expressed by the Committee regarding the persistence of this prob- lem in the Syrian Arab Republic, 22 reiterates its en- dorsement of Committee decision 1 (XV) of 1 April 197723 and reaffirms its resolution 32/13 of 7 Novem- ber 1977 as well as its resolutions 2784 (XXVI) of 6 December 1971 and 3266 (XXIX) of 10 December 1974, concerning the situation in the Golan Heights; 1. Invites the States parties to supply the Committee with all the requested information on their implementa- tion of the principles and provisions of the Convention, including information on the demographic composition of their population and on their relations with the racist regimes in southern Africa, in order to enable the Com- mittee to discharge fully its responsibilities; 8. Calls upon the States parties 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 racial dis- crimination, and to take effective measures for securing full equality and promotion and protection of the rights of every person, group of persons or national or ethnic minority, as well as full .protection of the rights of mi- grant workers, by preventing all practices of racial discrimination; 9. Urges all States which are not parties to the Con- vention to ratify or to accede to it and, pending such ratification or accession, to be guided by the basic pro- visions of the Convention in their internal and foreign policies; 10. Notes with due attention Committee decision 1 (XX) of 13 August 197924 concerning the future meet- ings of the Committee and requests the Secretary-General in this connexion to explore the possibility of providing necessary assistance for the holding of such meetings 22 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/34/18), para. 138. 28 Ibid., Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/32/18), chap. VIII, sect. A. 24 lbid., Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/34/18), chap. VIII, sect. B. in developing countries and to submit a report in this regard to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session. 69th plenary meeting 15 November 1979 34 / 43. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance The General Assembly, Recognizing the need to achieve international co- operation in promoting and encouraging respect for hu- man rights and fundamental freedoms for all without dis- tinction as to race, sex, language or religion, as provided in the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 25 which proclaims that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Convinced of the desirability of elaborating an inter- national instrument on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief, Recalling its resolution 3267 (XXIX) of 10 Decem- ber 197 4, in which it requested the Commission on Hu- man Rights to submit to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, a single draft Decla- ration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, Recalling also its resolution 33/106 of 16 December 1978, Taking note of the work thus far done by the Com- mission on Human Rights, l. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to continue to give high priority to the drafting of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intol- erance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief; 2. Further requests the Commission on Human Rights to strive towards completion of the draft Declara- tion at its thirty-sixth session with a view to submitting to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session, through the Economic and Social Council, a single draft Declaration; 3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fifth session the item entitled "Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance" and to give it high priority. 76th plenary meeting 23 November 1979 34/ 44. Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2649 (XXV) of 30 Novem- ber 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 33/24 of 29 November 1978, and Security Council resolutions 418 (1977) of 4 November 1977 and 437 (1978)of l0October 1978, 25 Resolution 217 A (III). 168 General Allembly-Tblrty-foudb Session Recalling also its resolutions 2465 (XXIII) of 20 December 1968, 2548 (XXIV) of 11 December 1969, 2708 (XXV) of 14 December 1970, 3103 (XXVIII) of 12 December 1973 and 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, concerning the use and recruitment of mercenai:ies against national liberation movements and sovereign States, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,26 the final communique and resolutions adopted by the Tenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held at Fez from 8 to 12 May 1979,27 and the Final Declaration of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Govern- meht of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Havana from 3 to 9 September 1979,28 Recalling the resolutions on Zimbabwe, Namibi8: and the Palestinian question adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African ~nity at its thirty-third ordinary session, held at Monrovia from 6 to 20 July 1979,29 Taking note of the Political Declaration adopted by the First Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the League of Arab States, held at Cairo from 7 to 9 March 1977, 80 Considering that the activities of Israel, in particular the denial to the Palestinian people of its right to self- determination and independence, constitute a seri?us and increasing threat to international peace and security, Reaffirming its faith in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the ~c- laration on the Granting of Inde_Pendence to C?loi:uaI Countries and Peoples, and the importance of its im- plementation, Reaffirming the importance of the unive~al. realiza- tion of the right of peoples to self-determmatlon, na- tional sovereignty and territorial integrity_ and of 1;he speedy granting of independence to colontal countries and peoples as imperatives for the full enjoyment of all human rights, Reaffirming that "bantustanization" is incompatible with genuine independence and national unity and sov- ereignty and has the effect of perpetuating the power ?f the white minority and the racist system of apartheid in South Africa, Reaffirming the obligation of all Member States to comply with the princiJ!les of the qiarter and t~e resolu- tions of the United Nations regardmg the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial and alien domination, Welcoming the independence of Dominica and Saint Lucia, Reaffirming the national unity and territorial integrity of the Comoros, Indignant at the continued violations of the human rights of the peoples still under colonial and f?reign domination and alien subjugation, the continuation of the illegal occupation. of Na~ibia and South ~rica's at- tempts to dismember its territory, the perpetuation of ~he racist minority regimes in Zimbabwe and South Afnca and the denial to the Palestinian people of its inalienable national rights, 1. Calls upon all States to implement fully and faith- fully the resolutions of the United Nations regarding 2e A/34/367 and Add.1 and 2. 21 A/34/389 and Corr.1, annexes I and II. 2s A/34/542, annex. 20 A/34/552, annex I, resolutions CM/Res.719 (XXXIII), CM/Res.720 (XXXIII) and CM/Res.725 (XXXIII). so A/32/61, annex I. the exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial and alien domination; 2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of pe_o- ples for independence, terr!torial int~grity, naJion.al umty and liberation from colomal and alien dommation and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle; 3. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of Namibia and Zimbabwe, of the Palestinian people and of all peoples under colonial and alien domin~tio!" t~ self- determination national independence, terntonal mteg- rity, and natio'nal unity and sovereignty without external interference; 4. Strongly condemns all partial agreements and separate treaties which constitute a flagrant violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, the principles of_ the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions adopted in various international forums _on _the Pales- tinian issue and which prevent the reahzat10n of the Palestinian 'people's aspiration to return to its _home- land, to achieve self-determination and to exercise full sovereignty over its territories; 5. Takes note -with satisfaction of the decision adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and ~ove1;11- ment of the Organization of African Unity at its six- teenth ordinary session, held at Monrovia from 17 to 20 July 1979, on the question of Western Sahara81 and invites all Member States to spare no efforts for the ef- fective implementation of that decision; 6. Takes note of the contacts made by the Goveri:i- ment of the Comoros and the Government of France m the search for a just solution to the integration ?f the Comorian island of Mayo_tte into the Como~os _m ac- cordance with the resolut10ns of the Orgamzatlon of African Unity and the United Nations on that question; 7. Condemns the policy of "bantustanization" and reiterates its support for the oppressed people o_f South Africa in their just and legitimate struggle agamst the racist minority regime in Pretoria; 8. Condemns the violations of the sanctions im- posed by the Security Council against the illegal rebel regime in Southern Rhodesia; 9. Reaffirms that the practice of using mercenat?es against national liberation movements and sovereign States constitutes a criminal act and that the mercenar- ies themselves are criminals, and calls upon the Govern- ments of all countries to enact legislation declaring the recruitment, financing and training of me~cenaries in their territory and the transit of mercenanes t~r<?~gh their territory to be punishable offences a!1d proh1b1tmg their nationals from serving as mercenanes, and to re- port on such legislation to the Secretary-General; 10. Condemns the policies of those members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and of other coun- tries whose political, economic, milita~y, nuclear? stra- tegic, cultural and sporting relations with the racist !e- gimes in southern Africa and elsewhere encouragmg those regimes to persist in their sup~res~ion of th~ as- pirations of peoples for self-determmat1on and mde- pendence; 11. Again demands the immediate application of the mandatory arms embargo against South Africa, im- posed under Security Council resolution _418 (;977), _by all countries, particularly by those co~mtne~ which mai!1- tain military and nuclear co-operation with the racist 31 A/34/552, annex II, decision AHG/Dec.114 {XVI). VI. Resolutions adopted on the repor111 of the Third Committee 169 Pretoria regime and continue to supply related material waged by oppressed peoples for the realization of their to that regime; self-determination and national independence; 12. Strongly condemns all Governments which do 21. Decides to consider this item again at its thirty- not recognize the right to self-determination and inde- fifth session on the basis of the reports which Govem- pendence of all peoples still under colonial and foreign ments, United Nations agencies and intergovernmental domination and alien subjugation, notably the peoples and non-governmental organizations have been re- of Africa and the Palestinian people; quested to submit concerning the strengthening of assist- 13. Strongly condemns the ever-increasing massa- ance to colonial Territories and peoples under foreign cres of innocent and defenceless people, including wo- domination and control. men and children, by the racist minority regimes in southern Africa in their desperate attempt to thwart the legitimate demands of the people; 14. Further condemns the expansionist activities of Israel in the Middle East, as well as the continuous bombing of civilian Arab and, in particular, Palestinian populations and the destruction of their villages and en- campments, which constitutes a serious obstacle to the realization of the self-determination and independence of the Palestinian people; 15. Urges all States, competent United Nations or- gans, specialized agencies and other international or- ganizations to extend their support to the Palestinian people through its representative, the Palestine Libera- tion Organization, in its struggle to restore its right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations; 16. Demands the immediate and unconditional re- lease of all persons detained or imprisoned as a result of their struggle for self-determination and independence, full respect for their fundamental individual rights and the observance of article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 32 under which no one shall be sub- jected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; 17. Reiterates its appreciation for the material and other forms of assistance that peoples under colonial and foreign rule continue to receive from Governments, United Nations agencies and intergovernmental organi- zations, and calls for a maximization of that assistance; 18. Further calls for a maximization of all forms of assistance given by all States, appropriate United Na- tions organs, specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to the victims of racism, racial discrimina- tion and apartheid through their national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity; 19. Takes note of Economic and Social Council decision 1979 /39 of 10 May 1979, by which the Coun- cil decided that the studies on the historical and current development of the right to self-determination on the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and other in- struments adopted by United Nations organs, with par- ticular reference to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, 33 and on the implementation of United Nations resolutions relating to the right of peoples under colonial and alien domina- tion to self-determination31 should be printed and given the widest possible distribution, including distribution in Arabic; 20. Requests the Secretary-General to give maxi- mum publicity to the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and to give the widest possible publicity to the struggle being 32 Resolution 217 A (III). 33 E/CN.4/Sub.2/404 (vols. I-III). 34 E/CN.4/Sub.2/405/Rev.l; the study was published under the title The Right to Self-Determination (United Nations pub- lication, Sales No. E.79.XIV.5). 76th plenary meeting 23 November 1979 34/45. International Covenants on Human Rights The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 31 /86 of 13 December 1976, 32/66 of 8 December 1977 and 33/51 of 14 December 1978, Having noted the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 3 " Noting with appreciation that, following its appeal, more Member States have acceded to the International Covenants on Human Rights,36 Bearing in mind the important responsibilities of the Economic and Social Council in relation to the Interna- tional Covenants on Human Rights, Recognizing the important role of the Human Rights Committee in the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Human Rights Committee on its sixth and seventh ses- sions3' and expresses satisfaction at the serious and con- structive manner in which the Committee is continuing to undertake its functions; 2. Expresses its appreciation to the States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which have extended their co-operation to the Human Rights Committee when submitting their reports under article 40 of the Covenant and urges States par- ties which have not yet done so to submit their reports to the Committee as speedily as possible; 3. Urges States parties which have been requested by the Human Rights Committee to provide additional information to comply with that request; 4. Welcomes the information that the Economic and Social Council has now finalized arrangements for the consideration of reports submitted under the provi- sions of the International Covenant on Economic, So- cial and Cultural Rights, 38 and expresses the hope that the Council will take steps to consider those reports as soon as possible; 5. Again invites all States which have not yet done so to become parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Interna- tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to 35 A/34/440. 36 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 31 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/34/40). 38 See Economic and Social Council resolution 1979/43 of 11 May 1979.

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