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.

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.

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.

The Special Committee on Apartheid met this morning in special session to mark the Internation Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Members of the Commission on Human Rights had been invited to attend, as well as the Permanent Representatives of all Member States, and Representatives of the specialised agencies and regional organisations.
Abdulrahim Abby Farah (Somalia), Chairman of the Special Committee on Apartheid, addressing the meeting. At left is Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. At right is Yakov A. Malik (Soviet Union), President of the Security Council.

The Special Committee on Apartheid met this morning in special session to mark the Internation Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Members of the Commission on Human Rights had been invited to attend, as well as the Permanent Representatives of all Member States, and Representatives of the specialised agencies and regional organisations.
Olof Rydbeck (Sweden), Chairman of The Committee of Trustees of the UN Trust Fund for South Africa, addressing the meeting. At centre is Eugeniusz Kulaga (Poland), Chairmanof the Commissionon Human Rights. At right is Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.