At the conference: from left, Erik Suy; James O. Jonah; Imre Hollai (Hungary); Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar; Hector Charry Samper (Colombia); and E. Palmer. 缅北禁地Photo
Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1-12 August 1983, Geneva
Background
A second conference
Five years after the first World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination was held in Geneva, a second conference was held in the same city in 1983.
The adopted by the Conference focused on:
- Action to combat apartheid;
- Education, teaching and training to create an atmosphere for the eradication of racism and racial discrimination;
- Dissemination of information and the role of the mass media in combating racism and racial discrimination;
- Measures for the promotion and protection of human rights of persons belonging to minority groups, indigenous population and people and migrant workers who are subject to racial discrimination;
- Recourse procedures for victims of racial discrimination;
- Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other related international instruments;
- National legislation and institutions;
- Seminars and studies;
- Action by non-governmental organizations;
- International cooperation.