RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee
(A/10320)]
3379 (XXX). Elimination
of all forms of racial discrimination
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 1904 (XVIII) of 20 November 1963, proclaiming
the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, and in particular its affirmation that "any doctrine of racial
differentiation or superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable,
socially unjust and dangerous" and its expression of alarm at "the
manifestations of racial discrimination still in evidence in some areas in the
world, some of which are imposed by certain Governments by means of legislative,
administrative or other measures",
Recalling also
that, in its resolution 3151 G (XXVIII)
of 14 December 1973, the General Assembly condemned, inter alia, the
unholy alliance between South African racism and zionism,
Taking note
of the Declaration of Mexico on the
Equality of Women and Their Contribution to Development and Peace,
1/ proclaimed by the
World Con-ference of the International Women's Year, held at Mexico City from 19
June to 2 July 1975, which promulgated the principle that "international
co-operation and peace require the achievement of national liberation and
independence, the elimination of colonialism and neo-colonialism, foreign
occupation, zionism, apartheid
and racial discrimination in all its
forms, as well as the recognition of the dignity of peoples and their right to
self-determination",
Taking note also of resolution 77 (XII) adopted by the Assembly of Heads
of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity at its twelfth
ordinary session,2/ hold at Kampala
from 28 July to 1 August 1975, which considered "that the racist regime in
occupied Palestine and the racist regimes in Zimbabwe and South Africa have a
common imperialist origin, forming a whole and having the same racist structure
and being organically linked in their policy aimed at repression of the dignity
and integrity of the human being",
Taking note
also of the Political Declaration and
Strategy to Strengthen International Peace and Security and to Intensify
Solidarity and Mutual Assistance among Non-Aligned Countries,3/ adopted at the Conference of Ministers for Foreign
Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries held at Lima from 25 to 30 August 1975, which
most severely condemned zionism as a threat to world peace and security and
called upon all countries to oppose this racism and imperialist
ideology,
Determines that
zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.
2400th plenary
meeting
10 November
1975
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1/ E/5725, part
one, sect. I.
2/ See A/10297, annex II.
3/ A/10217 and
Corr.1, annex, p. 3.
A vote was
taken by roll call.
Ghana, having
been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to vote
first.
In favour: Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Republic,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,
Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist
Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United
Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Yugoslavia,
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi,
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, China,
Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dahomey, Democratic Yemen, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, German Democratic Republic.
Against: Haiti,
Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Luxembourg,
Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Swaziland, Sweden,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America,
Uruguay, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Central African
Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland,
France, Germany (Federal Republic of).
Abstaining:
Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Nepal,
Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia,
Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia,
Gabon.
Draft resolution III was
adopted by 72 votes to 35, with 32 abstentions (resolution 3379
(XXX)).
72-35-32
(roll-call)
