Uruguay today became the twenty-second party to ratify or accede to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. Under the Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (Resolution 2106 (XX)), States which become parties ""condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue, by all means appropriate and without delay, a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races." The Convention provides for establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.

Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos (left), UN Legal Counsel, receiving the instruments of ratification from Ambassador Pedro P. Berro, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations. At right is Mrs. Graciela Ponce de Leon de Cattarossi, First Secretary, Mission of Uruguay to the UN.

Uruguay today became the fifty-third signatory of the International Convention of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Uruguay also became the ninth State to sign the International Convenants on Human Rights and the seventh signatory of the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Ambassador Pedro P. Berro, Permanent Representative of Uruguay, signing the instruments in a brief ceremony in the Office of Legal Affairs. Looking on is Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos, UN Under-Secretary, the Legal Counsel.

Venezuela today became the sixteenth country to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination. Under the Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965, States which become parties ""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 Convention provides for the establishment of machinery to oversee the implementation of its provisions.

Mr. C.A. Stavropoulos (left), UN Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs, receiving the instrument of ratification from Dr. Manuel Perez Guerrero, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the UN.

Venezuela today became the fifty-seventh signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Convention was signed this afternoon by Pedro Zuloaga, Alternate Representative of Venezuela, in a brief ceremony in the Office of Legal Affairs.
Under the Convention, adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 1965 (resolution 2106 (XX)), 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."
Dr. Pedro Zuloaga, Alternate Representative of Venezuela to UN, signing the Convention today. Standing (left to right) are: German Nava Carillo, Minister Counsellor of Venezuela Mission to UN; Maria C. Lopez, Third Secretary, and Constantin Stavropoulos, Under-Secretary, Office of the Legal Counsel.

The Second World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination opened here this afternoon at the Palais des Nations, electing as its president, Hector Charry Samper, Colombia's Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva. UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar inaugurated the Conference which also heard opening remarks from UN Genral Assembly President Imre Hollai (Hungary) and the Conference Secretary-General James O. Jonah.
A general view of the opening meeting.