UNITED NATIONS Distr, ECONOMIC G-EIEEii.L AND E/CH,4/SR.1591 11 February \1981 SOCIAL COUNC Original : ENGLISH C0MÍI33I0H Oiy HüMH EICTKTS Thir ty-s eVen th ses s ion SUMMAILÏ RECORD 01? TIÎE 1591a t î'EETING held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva/, on î-fouday, 9 February 1Ç81, at 10 a.m. Chairman ; Г'5г. CÁlERO RODRIGUES (Brazil) CONTENTS Question of measures to be taken aga,inst ideologies a.nd practices ba.sed on terror or incitement to ra.cia.l discriuiination or any other fern of group hatred (continued,.) This record is subject to correction. Pa^rticipants wishing' to mal:e corrections should submj.t them in writing to the Official Records Editing Section, гоошЕ.бЮП, Pala.is des Nations, Geneva, vrithin one week of receiving the record in their xrorking language. Corrections to the records of the meetings of the Coimaission at this session will be Gonsolid.ated in a single corrigendum to be issued shortly after the end of the session . GE. 81-15457 E/CN.4/SR.1591 page: 2 The meeting vras called to order at 10.15 a.m. QUESTION OP MEASURES TO BE TAKEN AGAINST IBEOKGIES AND PRACTICES BASED Cil TERROR. GR INCITEMENT TO RACIAL DISCRDin^LATION OAANY ^.THER FORM ; OP GROUPiJATEED (agenda • item 25) (continued) (A/RES/55/20G ; E/CU. VL.1540) 1. Mr. I-'IAKSMOV (Byelorussion Soviet Socialist Republic) introduced draft resolution E/CN.4/L.I548 and summarized its provisions. In the vievr of the sponsors, it v-ras high time that the Commission adopted an o/ppropriate resolution calling for measures to condemn and prohibit all manifestations of nazism., fascism, neo-fascism and other ideologies based on racial oxclusiveness, intolerance and terror. The sponsors felt that the draft resolution vras a balanced text, which reflected the vievrs of most of the Commission's members a^s vrell a.s the pirovisions of General Assembly resolution 55/2OÜ, and they hoped, that the Commission vrould adopt it. 2, Mr. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ (Cuba) said that there vras at ijresent a real threat of the resurgence of nazism and similar ideologies and practices, the scars from vrhich vrere still borne by ma,nlcind. Only argents of such ideologies vrould d.eny tho ajnple evidi.ence that that danger existed; the Commission must а:ггм attention to it and propose auction aimed at its elimination. 5, The quest-ion of mea,sures against racist ideologies and practices had. been under discussion in the General Assembly and tho Commission for the past 10 years, a fact vrhich amply demonstrated the international coriimunity ' s concern at the threat to peace, security and well-being posed by such raanifestations, The proliferation of organizations vrhich promoted corrupt id.eologiec a.nd discriminated -a,gainst racial and. other minorities vra.s to be condiemned; so, too, vrere those circles vrhich tolerated such organizat.ionG, for motives of gain. Also reprehensible i.rere the resurgence of fascism as a. form of governraent and tlie persistence of ranist régimes such as that of South Africa v.diich continued to discriminate against certain citizens because of their race, 4. It had never been the practice of Cuban delegations to make arrogant pronounce­ ments in international forvuns about vrhat should be done. But his delegation did feel, ci,s the representative of a pea.ce-loving country, that the grovring d-anger arising , from.. the spread.of-corru.pt ideologies meant-that the • Commis-sión ' should look into the activities of those iâ.eologies' practitioners and of the sources vrhich financed them, recommend measures foi' their elim.ination, and alert vrorld public opinion, in order to imbue present and future gqnera.tions vrith a spirit of tolex'ance and co-operation, 5. Mr. NOVAK (United States of America) said that his country's nevr Secretary of State had reaffirmed the United States' commitraent to the h.uiaan riglits upon vrhich that country vras founded and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights had been modelled; hovrever, he had also stressed tha.t tlie nevr Adjainistra.tion vrould. examine, as a matter of priority, that foxra of international terrorism! vrhich was aimed at denying the basic human rights to life, liberty and security of person. 6. His delegation regretted that draft resolution. E/CN.4/L.1548 wa.s neither as comprehensive nor as true to rea.lity a.s General Assembly resolution 55/200, The fascism vanquished in 1945 was not the major source of current acts of terrorism directed aga.inst innocent civilians and everyday institutions. Such terroi-ism vras Е/СП.4/32.1591 page 5 cynically aimed at destroying the established institutions and free associations of true democratic societies, in the hnov/ledgo that it was those bodies, ond not merely words, which ensured respect for himan rights •- a point emphasized by James Madison, one of the, a,rchitects of t_¡e United fJtates Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Such terrorismby injuring tho integrity of individuals and institutions, and by forcing a.uthorities to cdopt em.ergency mea.sures to protect lav/ and order, inrp3.ired other human riglits besides those to life, freedom and security of.person. Terrorism had reached epidemic proportions and certain Governmients, including Governments vdiich v/ere novr or had fragile institutions, v/ere particularly exposed to its effects. 7- The nev/ terrorism differed from past manifestations of ideologica.lly-inspired individuals or the totalitarian terror practised by such as hitler and Stalin. It miight stem from deep grievances, but it v/as ,a,lso cynically exported by certa^in Sta.tes in their ov/n interests. It victimized the innocent, as did a.ll fonns of terror, but it had thx'ee novel features: it aimed intentionally at destroying existing human rights institutions; it vvavS often .interna.tionally supported; and. it harmed not only a single society but others outside. It often claimed, as a justification, that it sought s. fairer society; but no movement \/hich a.ttacked innocent civilia.ns or committed other sucJi a.trocities could have a.ny moral standing. 8. The training and support given to international terrorism vfao a matter for the international community's urgent concern. Unfjrtunately, many States, vliilst criticizing the use of violence,-themselves proviü.ea such aid. The Com,misGÍon ha.d a particular obligation to speak out against those v.dio used and supported terrorism. All nalions had a common interest in outlavring the phenomenon, since, if a.ccepted by all, it v/ould become uncontrolla,ble and ma.ke v/orld order impossible. Effective measures must be v/orked out to punish those vrbto thus violated the basic sta.nda.r,ds of international behaviour. All nations had a right to live in freedom from fear - which meant, first a.nd foremost, freedom from terror. 9. Mr. SAIAH-BEY" (Algeria) recorded his delegation's full support of draft resolution .E/CH.4/L,1540 . The representative of the "Byelorussion Soviet Socialist Republic, in introducing that document, had rightly referred to the evils of nazism, fascism a.nd neo-fascism; tlie suffering endured by many peoples during the Second "i.'/orld VJa.r had been the outcome of those evil ideologies. But it v^as not correct to 8.ssert, as the observer for tlie \1от1а Jev.lsh Congress had done, tha.t nazism had manifested itself a.g3-inst Jews alone. 10. It should be recalled that the General Assembly, in its resolution 5579 (XXX), had determined that zionism v-/as a form of raci-sm and racial discrimina.tion. The draft resolution before the Commission should be interpreted as applying to zionism for as long as the Zionist entity -pi-actised terror and racial discrimination. 11. Algeria denounced all ideologies based on r.a.cial exclusiveness, intolerance, hatred and terror. E/CN.4/sR.1591 pa.ge A 12. Mr. tQT.kTXA (Poland) said that his delegation, as a sponsor of draft resolution E/CN.4/L.I540, vras concerned about the serious danger emanating from nazism, fascism and neo-fascism, Poland had suffered more than most countries as a result of fascismi during the Second v/orld Ua.r over 6 raillion Polish citizens had been killed, of vrhom over 5 million ha.d died not from irilita.ry operations but from a.cts of terror" and ma.ss exterminai ion. To tolerate a resurgence of fa.-scism vrould be to disregard those victims. 15<• Poland ha.d'consta.ntly stressed the need for mea.sures a.ga.inst na.-zism, fa.soism, neo-fa.scism a.nd ra.cia.l discrimina.tion; it vra.s on Pola.nd' s' initia.tive tha.t -the- Genera.l Assembly ha.d a.dopted resolution 2351 (XXIl) on mea.sures to be ta.ken a.ga.inst na..zism a.nd ra.cia.l intolera.nce, Another important step ta.ken by the Genera.l Assembly had been the adoption of the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Sta.tutory Limita.tions to Wa.r Crimes a.nd Crim.es aga.inst .''tim.a.nit.y; in his delega.tion's vievr, .".11 Member Sta.tes should become pa.rties to that Convention, and to the Convention on the Prevention a.nd Punislment of the- Crime of Genocide. 14. Events in Chile during -recent yea.rs ha.d shovm the need for stro-ng mea,sures to prev-ent the reviva.l of fascism. In Pola.nd's vievr, there vra.s a.n urgent need to intensify na.tiona.l a.nd interna.tiona.l measures a.ga.inst such ma.nifeata.tions.