Status of persons refusing service in military or police forces used to enforce apartheid.
Publisher | UN General Assembly |
Author | UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979) |
Publication Date | 20 December 1978 |
Citation / Document Symbol | A/RES/33/165 |
Reference | 33 |
Cite as | UN General Assembly, Status of persons refusing service in military or police forces used to enforce apartheid., 20 December 1978, A/RES/33/165, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f1ae28.html [accessed 24 May 2023] |
33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE*
165. Status of persons refusing service in military or police forces used to enforce apartheid
1. Recognizes the right of all persons to refuse service in military or police forces which are used to enforce apartheid;
2. Calls upon Member States to grant asylum or safe transit to another State, in the spirit of the Declaration on Territorial Asylum,[5] to persons compelled to leave their country of nationality solely because of a conscientious objection to assisting in the enforcement of apartheid through service in military or police forces;
3. Urges Member States to consider favourabIy the granting to such persons of all the rights and benefits accorded to refugees under existing legal instruments;
4. Calls upon appropriate United Nations bodies, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations, to provide all necessary assistance to such persons.
90th plenary meeting20 December 1978
[1]2 Resolution 217 A (III). [2]3 Final Act of the International Conference on Human Rights, Teheran, 22 April-13 May 1968 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.68.XIV.2), chap. II. [3]4 Report of the World Conference for Action against Apartheid, Lagos, 22-26 August 1977 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.77.XIV.2 and corrigendum), sect. X. [4]5 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 22 (A/33/22 and Corr.1). [5]6 Resolution 2312 (XXII), annex.