The UN sets up Commission on Apartheid

Updated: 22 Aug 2019

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

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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.