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HURC UN 179640 · Document · 1992.02.27
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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (left) of Haïti, addressing the Commission on Human Rights, declares that the Commission must take a stronger stand against Governments that come to power through the force of arms. He said that some of the 20 000 people who had fled last September's putsch in Haïti had been put in camps reminiscent of the slave trade. Forced repatriation, he added, could be considered an act of racial discrimination.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 103559 · Document · 1968.03.21
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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 at the presiding table of today's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, are (left to right): Under-Secretary-General of UN Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, Aleskei E. Nesterenko; Secretary-General U Thant; and Achkar Marof (Guinea), Chairman of the Special Committee on Apartheid.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 103560 · Document · 1968.03.21
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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 at the presiding table of today's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, are (left to right): Major-General Padma Bahadur Khatri (Nepal), Committee Vice-Chairman; Under-Secretary-General of UN Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, Aleskei E. Nesterenko; Secretary-General U Thant; Achkar Marof (Guinea), Committee Chairman; E.S. Reddi, Chief, Section for African Questions, UN Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, and Committee Secretrary; Abdulrahim Abby Farah (Somalia), Committee Rapporteur.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 103561 · Document · 1968.03.21
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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.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 103562 · Document · 1968.03.21
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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.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 103564 · Document · 1968.03.21
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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.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 108790 · Document · 1969.03.21
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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).
A general view of the meeting.

HURC-RACD-CMM UN 108791 · Document · 1969.03.21
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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).
Seen here at the presiding table at the meeting in the Assembly Hall, 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.