Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1996
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SymbolA/RES/51/81
TitleThird Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Calls upon Governments to cooperate more closely with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to enable him to fulfill his mandate; requests the Secretary-General to continue to accord special attention to the situation of migrant workers and members of their families and to include regularly in his reports all information on such workers; recommends that a seminar be organized by the Centre for Human Rights in cooperation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Unesco, the International Telecommunication Union and other relevant UN bodies, non-governmental organizations and Internet service providers, with a view to assessing the role of the Internet in the light of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; urges the Secretary-General, UN bodies, the specialized agencies, all Governments, intergovernmental organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, in implementing the Programme of Action for the Third Decade, to pay particular attention to the situation of indigenous people; requests the Secretary-General to consult Member States and intergovernmental as well as non-governmental organizations on the possibility of holding a world conference to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related contemporary forms of intolerance.
Action note1996-12-12
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 82nd meeting
Meeting record
A/51/PV.82
Agenda information
A/51/251 108 Elimination of racism and racial discrimination. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Contains
3rd Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.
Date[New York] : UN, 26 Feb. 1997.
Description
5 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 82nd plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1996.