Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.

1990/13. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination

1. Commends all States that have ratified or acceded to the relevant international instruments to combat racism and racial discrimination;

2. Appeals to those States that have not yet done so to take the necessary steps to ratify, accede to and implement the relevant international instruments, particularly the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of apartheid, and the International Convention against apartheid in Sports, as well as the Convention against Discrimination in Education, adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on 14 December 1960;

3. Emphasizes again the importance of adequate recourse procedures for victims of racism and racial discrimination, and therefore requests once again the Secretary General, in the light of the results of the seminars held on this topic, to prepare and finalize, with the assistance of experts in the field, a handbook of recourse procedures;

4. Invites all Governments and 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;

5. Urges all States and international organizations to co-operate with the Secretary-General in the implementation of those activities for the period 1985 1989 (see A/39/167 E/1984/33 and Add.1 and 2) not yet undertaken and of the plan of activities for the period 1990 1993 listed in the annex to General Assembly resolution 42/47 of 30 November 1987;

6. Strongly appeals to all Governments, organizations and individuals in a position to do so to contribute generously to the Trust Fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human Rights of the measures taken, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 42/47 , to ensure the inclusion in the bienniums 1990-1991 and 1992-1993 of sufficient resources to provide for implementation of the activities of the Second Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;

8. Also requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commission on Human Rights annually of the progress made in carrying out the plan of activities for 1992-1993 so that the Commission can make its contribution thereto;

9. Takes note with satisfaction of General Assembly resolution 44/52 , in which the Assembly reiterated its request to the Economic and Social Council to submit to it annually, throughout the Second Decade, a report on the activities undertaken or contemplated to achieve the objectives of the Second Decade;

10. Decides to give thematic consideration each year to a selected topic within the plan of activities for 1990-1993, as listed in the annex to General Assembly resolution 42/47 ;

11. Recalls its resolution 1989/9, in which it decided that the topic for such thematic consideration in 1991 will be "Ways and means of denying support to racist régimes with a view to making them change their policies";

12. Decides that the topic for 1992 will be "Treatment of political prisoners and detainees in South Africa, particularly women and children";

13. Takes note with satisfaction of the study by the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Mr. Asbjørn Eide, on the results achieved and the obstacles encountered during the first Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination and the first half of the Second Decade (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1989/8 and Add.1), decides to transmit it to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session and recommends that it be published and distributed on as wide a scale as possible;

14. Takes note also with satisfaction of the report on the International Seminar on Cultural Dialogue Between the Countries of Origin and the Host Countries of Migrant Workers, held at Athens from 18 to 26 September 1989 (E/CN.4/1990/50), and requests the Secretary-General to give it wide distribution among Governments, competent United Nations bodies, specialized agencies, other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;

15. Invites the Secretary-General to ensure the effective implementation of those activities proposed for the first half of the Second Decade that have not yet been undertaken and to proceed with the implementation of the activities for the period 1990-1993 listed in the annex to General Assembly resolution 42/47 ;

16. Requests the Secretary-General to organize in 1990 a meeting of representatives of national institutions and organizations promoting tolerance and harmony and combating racism and racial discrimination with a view to exchanging experience on the promotion of such objectives;

17. Decides to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination as a matter of high priority at its forty-seventh session.