Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1986
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SymbolA/RES/40/27
TitleStatus of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Appeals once again to States to ratify or to accede to the Convention without further delay, in particular those States that have jurisdiction over transnational corporations operating in South Africa and Namibia and without whose co-operation such operations cannot be halted; requests the Commission on Human Rights 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 article II of the Convention, as well as those against whom or which legal proceedings have been undertaken; appeals to all States, UN organs, the specialized agencies and international and national non-governmental organizations to step up their activities in enhacing public awareness by denouncing the crimes committed by South Africa.
Vote summary
Adopted 120-1-24, 96th plenary meeting
Meeting record
A/40/PV.96
Agenda information
A/40/251 94c Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. APARTHEID--TREATIES (1973)
Date[New York] : UN, 31 Jan. 1986.
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3 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 96th plenary meeting, 29 Nov. 1985.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 199-200. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 40th session, 17 September-18 December 1985, 28 April-9 May and 20 June 1986. - A/40/53. - 1986. - p. 199-200. - (GAOR, 40th sess., Suppl. no. 53).