These records consist of correspondence and documentation produced and collected by the Division of Human Rights and the Ad Hoc Committee on Genocide in relation to the drafting of a convention on genocide, as requested by the General Assembly.
The records consist of correspondence and General Assembly records on the draft declaration and draft convention, notably with the specialized agencies regarding the international instruments pertaining to the elimination of racial discrimination already adopted. Among the international instruments already adopted in this field are the UN Declaration (resolution 1904 (XVIII), the ILO Convention and Recommendations Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation and the UNESCO Protocol instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking the settlement of disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention Against Discrimination in Education.
The records consist of comments and suggestions from governments on the Draft Declaration and Draft Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination.
The records consist of correspondence related to the accession by the Federal Republic of Germany to the Protocol for Extending the Validity of the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons.
The records consist of correspondence related to the transmission of Certified True Copies of the Protocol for Extending the Validity of the Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons done at New York in 01.1957.
Signature with reservations of the Convention by the USSR.
Accession of Vietnam to the Convention.
The records consist of acknowledgements from governments of the receipt of the certified true copy of the Convention.
Records contain memoranda and correspondence with governments with regard to signatures, ratifications and accessions to the Convention, including a list of Non-Member States invited to become parties to the Convention.
Ratification of the Convention by Australia, responses from governments regarding Australia's rejection of reservations to the Convention.