Algeria became the forty-fifth signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Dicrimination today at Headquarters.
Tewfik Bouattoura, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN, is seen signing the Convention while F. Blaine Sloan, Director, General Legal Division, Office of Legal Affairs, looks on.

The Special Committee against Apartheid held a special solemn meeting this morning in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Internatiobnal Day, 21 March, falls this year on a Sunday. All Permanent Missions had been invited to attend the meeting, along with representatives of non-member States, the specialised agencies and other organizations in the UN family, and two South African liberation movements - the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Panafricanist Congress of Azania (PAC).
At the end of the meeting, the participants rose to observe a minute of silence "in memory of all those who have given their lives in the struggle against apartheid and racism, and for the principle of the United Nations".

The Special Committee against Apartheid held a special solemn meeting this morning in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Internatiobnal Day, 21 March, falls this year on a Sunday. All Permanent Missions had been invited to attend the meeting, along with representatives of non-member States, the specialised agencies and other organizations in the UN family, and two South African liberation movements - the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Panafricanist Congress of Azania (PAC).
Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim making a statement. Seated next to him is Mrs. Jeanne Martin Cisse (Guinea), Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid.

The Special Committee against Apartheid held a special solemn meeting this morning in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. All Permanent Missions had been invited to attend the meeting, along with representatives of non-Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations in the UN family, and the two Southern African movements - the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Panafricanist Congress of Azania (PAC). The General-Assembly decided in 1966 to proclaim the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in order to commemorate the incident at Sharpeville, South Africa, on 21 March 1960 in which 69 demonstrators against pass laws under the apartheid system were shot killed and 180 others wounded.
A general view of the Special Committee against Apartheid as it commemorated the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The Special Committee against Apartheid held a special solemn meeting this morning in observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. All Permanent Missions had been invited to attend the meeting, along with representatives of non-Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations in the UN family, and the two Southern African movements - the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and the Panafricanist Congress of Azania (PAC). The General-Assembly decided in 1966 to proclaim the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in order to commemorate the incident at Sharpeville, South Africa, on 21 March 1960 in which 69 demonstrators against pass laws under the apartheid system were shot killed and 180 others wounded.
Ion Datcu (Romania), representative of the UN Council for Namibia, making a statement. At left is Ivan Garvalov (Bulgaria), representative of the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization. At right is Arkady N. Shevchenko, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Security Council Affairs.