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.

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 as he addressed this afternoon's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, is Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.

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 as he addressed this afternoon's meeting of the Special Committee on Apartheid, is Keith Johnson, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the UN. To his right, is Souheil Chammas, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN; to his left, Piero Vinci, Permanent representative of Italy to the UN.

A ceremony commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was held here today under the Chairmanship of Luigi Cottafavi, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG). The ceremony honoured the 22nd anniversary of the brutal massacre at Sharpeville of unarmed Africans demonstrating against the oppressive South African pass laws.
A view of the presiding table as today's ceremony observed a minute of silence to pay hommage to all those under the affliction of racial discrimination and apartheid. Seen from left to right are Neo Mhumzane, African National Congress; Omar M. Mumtasser, Permanent Observer, Organization of African Unity; Miriam Lourdes Ramiro Lopez (Philippines) representing the Special Committee against Apartheid; Luigi Cottafavi; Salah Fellah (Algeria), representing the Chairman of the Conference of Non-Aligned Countries; Edith Ballantyne, Secretary-General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; and Modipe Philipp Mokgadi, Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania.