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The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid

Date
5 Dec 1952
Updated
22 Aug 2019
The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted resolution 616(VII) to establish a three-member United Nations Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa (UNCORS). Its mandate was to study the racial situation in South Africa. Thirty-five delegates voted in favour of the commission, one voted against it, with twenty-three abstentions.  

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011786

South African History Online (2011) 'The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011786 (Accessed: 30 August 2026).

South African History Online, The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011786, (accessed 30 August 2026).

"The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011786. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011786.

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