Bolivia signed today the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 , binds States which become Parties to condemn "racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Ambassador Fernando Ortiz Sanz, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations, signing the Convention. Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.
Canada today signed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
George Ignatieff (Canada) signs the Convention as C.A. Stavropoulos , the Legal Counsel, looks on.
Ecuador today became the fourth party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Convention has been ratified by Bulgaria, Ghana and Pakistan. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (Resolution 2106 (XX)), binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos (centre), Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel, receiving the instrument of ratification from Mr. Jorge Salvador-Lara (second from right), Foreign Minister of Ecuador. Looking on are, from left: Dr. Hugo Jativa, Minister, Permanent Mission of Ecuador; Ambassador Luis valencia (Ecuador); and Ambassador Leopoldo Benites, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN.
Australia has become the thirty-sixth signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Paul Hasluck, Australian Minister for External Affairs, is seen signing the Convention in the office of the UN Legal Counsel, C.A. Stavropoulos (standing right); Patrick Shaw, Australia's Permanent Representative to the UN, looks on at left.
Mexico today signed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965, the Convention binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Dr. Francisco Guevas Cancino, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, signing the Convention as Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, UN Legal Department looks on.
Norway has become the forty-third signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Edvard Hambro, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, is seen signing the Convention at Headquarters today as C. A. Stavropoulos, UN Legal Counsel, looks on.
Somalia today became the 49th State signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965, the Convention binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Ambassador Abdulrahim Abby Farah, Permanent representative of Somalia to the UN, signing the Convention.Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary and the Legal Counsel.
Uruguay today became the fifty-third signatory of the International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Uruguay also became the ninth State to sign the International Convenants on Human Rights and the seventh signatory of the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Ambassador Pedro P. Berro, Permanent Representative of Uruguay, signing the instruments in a brief ceremony in the Office of Legal Affairs. Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, UN Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.
India has become the fifty-fourth signatory of the International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Under the Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 , States which become Parties "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Ambassador Gopalaswami Parthasarathi, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, signing the Convention. At left is Mr. A. Gonsalves, First Secretary, Mission of India, and at right is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.
Madagascar had become the sixty-fourth country to sign the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1967 (resolution 2106 (XX)), States which become parties ""condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all apprpriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races."
Signinh the Convention at UN Headquarters today is Louis Rakotomala, Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the UN. Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos (left), Under-Secretary , UN Office of Legal Affairs.