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... Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in which
all Members pledged themselves to take joint and separate action in
co-operation with the Organization for the achievement of universal
respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for
all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, ...
... Observing that the General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted a
number of resolutions in which the policies and practices of apartheid are
condemned as a crime against humanity, ...
... 1. The States Parties to the present Convention declare that apartheid
is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the
policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination, as defined in article 2 of the
Convention, are crimes violating the principles of international law, in
particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and
security. ...
... The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to accept and
carry out in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations the
decisions taken by the Security Council aimed at the prevention,
suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, and to co-operate in
the implementation of decisions adopted by other competent organs of the
United Nations with a view to achieving the purposes of the Convention.
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... The States Parties to the present Convention undertake to accept and
carry out in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations the
decisions taken by the Security Council aimed at the prevention,
suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, and to co-operate in
the implementation of decisions adopted by other competent organs of the
United Nations with a view to achieving the purposes of the Convention.
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... 2. Copies of the reports shall be transmitted through the
Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Special Committee on
Apartheid. ...
... Any State Party to the present Convention may call upon any competent
organ of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the
United Nations as it considers appropriate for the prevention and
suppression of the crime of apartheid. ...
... Any State Party to the present Convention may call upon any competent
organ of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the
United Nations as it considers appropriate for the prevention and
suppression of the crime of apartheid. ...
... 2. If, among the members of the Commission on Human Rights, there are no
representatives of States Parties to the present Convention or if there
are fewer than three such representatives, the Secretary-General of the
United Nations shall, after consulting all States Parties to the
Convention, designate a representative of the State Party or
representatives of the States Parties which are not members of the
Commission on Human Rights to take part in the work of the group
established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, until such
time as representatives of the States Parties to the Convention are
elected to the Commission on Human Rights. ...
... (a) To request United Nations organs, when transmitting copies of
petitions under article 15 of the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to draw its attention
to complaints concerning acts which are enumerated in article 2 of the
present Convention; ...
... (b) To prepare, on the basis of reports from competent organs of the
United Nations and periodic reports from States Parties to the present
Convention, a list of individuals, organizations, institutions and
representatives of States which are alleged to be responsible for the
crimes enumerated in article 2 of the Convention, as well as those
against whom legal proceedings have been undertaken by States Parties to
the Convention; ...
... (c) To request information from the competent United Nations organs
concerning measures taken by the authorities responsible for the
administration of Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories, and all other
Territories to which General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December
1960 applies, with regard to such individuals alleged to be responsible
for crimes under article 2 of the Convention who are believed to be under
their territorial and administrative jurisdiction. ...
... 2. Pending the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in
General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), the provisions of the present
Convention shall in no way limit the right of petition granted to those
peoples by other international instruments or by the United Nations and
its specialized agencies. ...
... 1. The present Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of
ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations. ...
... 2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of
accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day
after the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United
Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. ...
... A State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General. ...
... A request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any State Party by means of a notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ...
... The General Assembly of the United Nations shall decide upon the steps, if any, to be taken in respect of such request. ...
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States of the following particulars:
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... The present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. ...
... The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Convention to all States. ...