Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Decides that the international community, in general, and UN, in particular, should continue to give the highest priority to programmes for combating racism, racial discrimination and apartheid; appeals to all Governments and to international and non-governmental organizations to increase and intensify their activities to combat racism, racial discrimination and apartheid and to provide relief and assistance to the victims of these evils; requests the Secretary-General to continue the study on the effects of racial discrimination on the children of minorities, in particular those of migrant workers, in the field of education, training and employment, and to submit, inter alia, specific recommendations for the implementation of measures to combat the effects of that discrimination; renews its invitation to Unesco to expedite the preparation of teaching materials and teaching aids to promote teaching, training and education activities on human rights and against racism and racial discrimination, with particular emphasis on activities at the primary and secondary levels of education; requests the Secretary-General, pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 42/47 and 44/52, to ensure that the necessary and additional resources are included in the programme budget for the biennium 1990-1991 and in the proposed programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993 to provide for the implementation of the activities of the 2nd Decade.

Adopted without vote, 68th meeting

2nd Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution.

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Adopted at the 68th plenary meeting, 14 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 187-189. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).