Fact Sheet No.12, "Racial discrimination: the United Nations takes action"

Headings: 
Race and Gender
Corporate Author: 
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Title: 
Fact Sheet No.12, "Racial discrimination: the United Nations takes action"
Document Type: 
Documents by United Nations Bodies and Agencies
Reference: 
May 1991.
URL: 
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs12.htm
Annotation: 
This Fact Sheet discusses United Nations action to eliminate racial discrimination. It outlines the four principle points of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It discusses the establishment of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and describes the composition, mandate and work of the Committee. The full text of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is provided.