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View of Luis Valencia Rodriguez of Ecuador, Chairman of the Special Committe on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, addressing the Special Committee Against Apartheid.

View of Penuell Maduna (second from left), representative of the African national Congress (ANC), addressing the Special Committee Against Apartheid.

View of Maha Giacaman Khoury (left), observer for Palestine,, addressing the Special Committee Against Apartheid.

A general view of the Obsevance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The First International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was commemorated this morning by a special meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The meeting was opened by Professor Petr Nedbailo, Chairman of the twenty-third session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, now meeting in Geneva. He recalled that March 21 commemorated the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, when peaceful demonstrations were fired upon and killed by the authorities. The decision to proclaim March 21 as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was made by the General Assembly at its 21st session.
Heads of the Geneva-based Specialised Agencies attending the meeting. (Left to right): Mr. Davis Morse, Director-General of International Labour Organisation (ILO); Mr. John Karefa-Smart, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO); Mr. D.A. Davis, Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), and Mr. Mohamed Mili, Deputy Secretary-General of International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

The First International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was commemorated this morning by a special meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The meeting was opened by Professor Petr Nedbailo, Chairman of the twenty-third session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, now meeting in Geneva. He recalled that March 21 commemorated the anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, when peaceful demonstrations were fired upon and killed by the authorities. The decision to proclaim March 21 as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was made by the General Assembly at its 21st session.
Mr. Morris Abram (USA) addressing the meeting.

International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was commemorated this afternoon at a special meeting to which representatives of all Member States of the United Nations were invited. The Secretary-General, U-Thant, and the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, addressed the gathering - a meeting of the special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.
Seen here as he addressed this afternoon's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, is Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.

International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was commemorated this afternoon at a special meeting to which representatives of all Member States of the United Nations were invited. The Secretary-General, U-Thant, and the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, addressed the gathering - a meeting of the special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.
Seen here as he addressed this afternoon's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, is Keith Johnson, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN. To his right, is Souheil Chammas, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN; to his left, Piero Vinci, Permanent representative of Italy to the UN.

International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was commemorated this afternoon at a special meeting to which representatives of all Member States of the United Nations were invited. The Secretary-General, U-Thant, and the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, addressed the gathering - a meeting of the special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.
General view of the meeting this afternoon of the Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which met in Geneva form 17 February to 21 March 1969, concluded its 25th Session today. In observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March, the Commission met in Special Session in the Assembly Hall at the Palais. A message from UN Secretary-General U Thant, was read by Marc Schreiber, Director Division of Human Rights, and statements were made by Mrs. Qamar Ahmed (India), P.E. Nedbailo (Ukraine), Rita Hauser (USA), Hernen Santa Cruz (Chile) and Joseph Yinza (United Republic of Tanzania).
Mr. P.E. Nedbailo (Ukrainian S.S.R.) addressing the meeting. At the presiding table, from left to right, are: Mr. Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva; Mr. R.Q. Quentin-Baxter, Chairman; Mr. Marc Schreiber, Director, UN Division of Human Rights.