Mongolia signed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (Resolution 2106 (XX)), binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Ambassador Luvsandorjiin Toiv, Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the UN, signing the Convention. Looking on are: Mr. Zagariin Erendoo (left), Third Secretary, Mission of Mongolia to the UN; and Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.

Cuba signed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.
Juan Juarbe y Juarbe, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, signing the Convention. Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.

Gabon today signed and ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (Resolution 2106 (XX)), binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.

Ambassador Jacques Biyogho, Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, signing the Convention. Looking on are, from left: Mr. Cyprien Mounguengui, Counsellor, Mission of Gabon to the UN and Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, Legal Counsel of the United Nations. .

Ecuador today became the fourth party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Convention has been ratified by Bulgaria, Ghana and Pakistan. The Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (Resolution 2106 (XX)), binds States which become Parties to "condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all appropriate means and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Parties also commit themselves to taking "special and concrete measures to ensure the adequate development and protection of certain racial groups or individuals belonging to them". The Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.

Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos (centre), Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel, receiving the instrument of ratification from Mr. Jorge Salvador-Lara (second from right), Foreign Minister of Ecuador. Looking on are, from left: Dr. Hugo Jativa, Minister, Permanent Mission of Ecuador; Ambassador Luis valencia (Ecuador); and Ambassador Leopoldo Benites, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN.

Australia has become the thirty-sixth signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Paul Hasluck, Australian Minister for External Affairs, is seen signing the Convention in the office of the UN Legal Counsel, C.A. Stavropoulos (standing right); Patrick Shaw, Australia's Permanent Representative to the UN, looks on at left.