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VI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Third Committee 163 and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organisation, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its twenty-third and twenty-fourth sessions; 2. Strongly condemns the policy of apartheid in So~th Africa and Namibia as the most abhorrent forrn of racial discrimination and urges all Member States to adopt effec- tive political, economic and oth~r measures in_ order to se- cure the elimination of that policy and to achieve the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of _the Gen_eral Assembly, the Security Council and other Umted Nations bodies; 3. Commends the Committee for paying greater atten- tion to the question of the elimination of the policy of apart- heid in South Africa and Namibia, as well as to the elimination of acts and practices of racial discrimination in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories and in all other Territories to which General Assembly resolution 15 I 4 (XV) of 14 December 1960 applies; 4. Calls upon the United Nations b~dies concerned_ to ensure that the Committee is supplied with all relevant m- forrnation on all the Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) applies and urges the administering Powers to co-operate with these bodies by provid_ing all necessary inforrnation in order to enable the _Committee to discharge fully its responsibilities under article 15 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forrns of Racial Discrimination; 5. Once again invites States parties to the Convention to furnish the Committee, in accordance with its general guidelines, with the inforrnation on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention, including inforrnation on the demographic composition of their populatio~ and on their relations with the racist regime of South Afnca; 6. Calls upon all Member States to adopt effective leg- islative, socio-economic and other necessary measures for elimination or prevention of discrimination based on race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin; 7. Commends the Committee for paying due attention to the steps taken by the States parties t? t~e. Convention to assure within their jurisdiction the ava1lab1hty of appro- priate recourse procedures for the victims of racial discrimination; 8. Further commends the Committee for taking up the problems of discrimination of migrant workers and requests States parties to the Convention to protect fully the nghts of those workers; 9. Calls upon States parties to the Convention to protect fully, through the introduction C?f relevant l~gislative_ ~nd other measures, the rights of national or ethmc mmont1es, as well as the rights of indigenous populations; 10. Reiterates its grave concern that some States parties to the Convention, owing to reasons beyond their control, are being prevented from fulfi_lling thei~ oblig~tio~s under the Convention in parts of their respective temtones; 11. Takes note with appreciation of the Committee's plans to participate in the preparations and the work of the second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, to be held in 1983; 12. Requests the Committee to explore the possibility of preparing also for the Conference, in addition to stu~ies on the implementation of articles 4 and 7 of the Conventl_on, a study on the implementation of subparaisraph (e) of article 5 in conjunction with paragraph 2 of article 2; 13. Takes note of the decision of the Committee to hold its spring 1982 session at the United Nations offices at Nairobi and requests the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of holding this session within the context of the implementation of the Programm_e fo~ t~e . De~ade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial D1scnmmat1on. 36/13. 42nd plenary meeting 28 October 1981 Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid The General Assemblv, Recalling its resoluti~n 3068 (XXVIII) of 3~ November 1973, by which it adopted and opened for signature ~nd ratification the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, and its reso- lutions 3380 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 31/80 of 13 December 1976, 32/12 of7 November 1977, 33/103 of 16 December 1978, 34/27 of 15 November 1979 and 35/39 of 25 November 1980, Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 13 (XXXIII) of 11 March 1977, 17 7 (XXXIV) of22 February 1978, 18 10 (XXXV) of 5 March 1979, 19 12 (XXXVI) and 13 (XXXVI) of 26 February 198020 and 6 (XXXVII) of 23 February 1981 , 21 Convinced that the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discriminatior, 22 as well as the programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrim- ination, adopted by the General Assembly i_n its resolut\on 34/24 of 15 November 1979, and their full 1mplementat1on will contribute to the final eradication of all vestiges of apartheid, racism and racial discrimination, Reaffirming its conviction that apar_theid constitutes a total negation of the purposes and prmCil_)ies ?f the Charter of the United Nations and is a gross v10lat1on of human rights and a crime against humanity, seriously threatening international peace and security, Strongly condemning South Africa's stepping up its pol- icy of apartheid, repression and "bantustanization" and its continued illegal occupation of Namibia, thereby perpetu- ating on Namibian territory its odious policy of apartheid, racial discrimination and fragmentation, Deeply concerned about South Africa's repeated acts <?f aggression against sovereign Afri~an States, which co~st1- tute a manifest breach of international peace and secunty, Underlining that the strengthening of the existing man- datory arrns embargo and the application of comprehensive mandatory economic sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter are vital in order to compel the racist regime of South Africa to abandon its policy of apartheid, Condemning the continued collaboration of certain States and transnational corporations with the racist regime of South Africa in the political, economic, military and other fields as an encouragement to the intensification of its odious policy of apartheid, '' See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-second Se.uion, Supplement No. 6 (E/5927), chap. XXI, sect. A. " See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978134), chap. XXVI, sect. A. '" Ibid., 1979. Supplement No. 6 (E/1979/36), chap. XXIV, sect. A. 2" Ibid .. /980. Supplement No. 3 (E/1980/13 and Corr. I). chap. XXVI, sect. A. "Ibid .. /981. Supplement No. 5 (E/1981/25 and Corr.I). Chap. XXVIII, sect. A. 22 Report of the World Conference to Combat Racism_ and Racial Dis- crimination, Geneva, 14--25 August /978 (United Nations pubhcatJon. Sales No. E.79.XIV.2). chap. II. 164 General Assembly-Thirty-sixth Session Commending the Paris Declaration on Sanctions against South Africa and the Special Declaration on Namibia, 2:1 adopted by the International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa, held in Paris from 20 to 27 May 1981 . Stressing the need to disseminate on a wider basis more information on the crimes committed by the racist regime of South Africa, taking into consideration the recommen- dation contained in the documents adopted by the Interna- tional Seminar on Publicity and the Role of the Mass Media in the International Mobilization against Apartheid, held at Berlin, German Democratic Republic. from 31 August to 2 September 1981 , 24 Underlining that ratification of and accession to the In- ternational Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid on a universal basis and the implementation of its provisions without any delay are nec- essary for its effectiveness and would be a useful contri- bution towards achieving the goals of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, Firmly convinced that the legitimate struggle of the op- pressed peoples in southern Africa against apartheid, racism and colonialism and for the effective implementation of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence demands more than ever all necessary support by the in- ternational community and. in particular, further action by the Security Council, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Genera12' on the status of the International Convention on the Suppres- sion and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; 2. Commends those States parties to the Convention that have submitted their reports under article VII of the Con- vention, in particular those which presented their second reports, and appeals to those States parties that have not yet done so to submit their reports as soon as possible; 3. Appeals once again to those States that have not yet done so to ratify or to accede to the Convention without further delay; 4. Requests States parties to the Convention to take fully into account the guidelines 26 prepared by the Group of Three of the Commission on Human Rights, established in accordance with article IX of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; 5. Calls upon all States parties to implement fully article IV of the Convention by adopting legislative, judicial and administrative measures to prosecute, bring to trial and pun- ish, in accordance with their jurisdiction. persons respon- sible for, or accused of, the acts enumerated in article II of the Convention; 6. Again calls upon all States parties to the Convention and the competent United Nations organs to consider the conclusions and recommendations of the Group of Three contained in its reports27 and to submit their views and comments to the Secretary-General; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to intensify his ef- forts through appropriate channels to disseminate infor- mation on the Convention and its implementation with a view to further promoting ratification of or accession to the Convention; . 8. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to con- tmue to undertake the functions set out in article X of the 2' A/CONF. 107/8. sect. X. 24 A/36/496-S/14686, annex I 2' A/361454 and Add. I 2• E/CN.4/1286, annex. 27 E/CN.4/1358. sect. IV: E/CN.411417. sect IV. Convention and invites the Commission to intensify, in co- operation with the Special Committee against Apartheid, its efforts to compile periodically •the progressive list of individuals, organizations, institutions and representatives of States deemed responsible for crimes enumerated in ar- ticle II of the Convention, as well as of those against whom or which legal proceedings have been undertaken; 9. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to take into account General Assembly resolutions 33/23 of 29 November 1978 and 35/32 of 14 November 1980 as well as relevant documents of the Commission and its subsidiary organs in which it is reaffirmed, inter alia, that States giving assistance to the racist regime of South Africa become ::.c- complices in the inhuman practices of racial discrimination and apartheid; 10. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention and competent United Nations organs to continue to provide the Commission on Human Rights, through the Secretary-Gen- eral. with information relevant to the periodic compilation of the above-mentioned list as well as with information concerning the obstacles that prevent the effective suppres- sion and punishment of the crime of apartheid; 11. Appeals to all States, United Nations organs, spe- cialized agencies and international and national non-gov- ernmental organizations to step up their activities in enhancing public awareness through denouncing the crimes committed by the racist regime of South Africa; 12. Requests the Economic and Social Council, in pre- paring for the Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination, to be held in 1983, to give spe- cial attention to the activities aimed at the eradication of apartheid; 13. Welcomes the active campaign waged by the Special Committee against Apartheid, in co-operation with the Commission on Human Rights, to publicize the importance of the Convention; 14. Requests the Secretary-General to distribute the above-mentioned list among all States parties to the Con- vention and all Member States and to bring such facts to the attention of the public by all means of mass communication; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his next annual report under General Assembly resolution 3380 (XXX) a special section concerning the implementation of the Convention. 42nd plenary meeting 28 October 1981 36/16. Physical education and sports exchanges among young people The General Assembly, Recalling the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples. proclaimed in its resolution 2037 (XX) of 7 December 1965. Recalling also its resolution 33/8 of 3 November 1978. in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its thirty-sixth session a report on the activities undertaken by Member State~. the United Nations Educational, Sci- entific and Cultural Organization, regional organizations and other interested organizations and programmes of the United Nations system in the field of physical education and sports. particularly among young people, Taking into account the activities carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with a view to promoting physical education and sports in

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