A/47/45 Ri , Report ofthe Commission against Apartheid inSports (}eneral)\sse~bly Official Records •Forty-seventh Session Supplement No. 45 (A/47/45) United Nations •NewYork, 1993 Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library NOTE Symbols ofUnited Nations documents are composed ofcapital letters combined with figures. Mention ofsuch a symbol indicates areference to a United Nations document. LETTER I. 11. Ill. IV. V. VI. I. E i 11. S A Ill. P IV. S C V. 0 0 C Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library [Original: English) Af [26 March 1993] I11 CONTENTS Paragraphs ~ LETTER OF TRANSM,ITTAL i v I. INTRODUCTION •••••••.•••••••••••••••.•.•••...•••••.•.. 1 - 20 1 11. PROGRESS TOWARDS INTEGRATION OF SPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM FROM SPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICA ••••.•••..••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 21 - 28 3 Ill. READMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA TO THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC CO}.iMITTEE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••.'•.•••••••• 29 - 30 S IV. REGISTER OF SPORTS CONTACTS WITH SOUTH AFRICA •••••••• 31 - 34 6 V. REPORTS OF THE STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 12, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE CONVENTION' ••••••••••••••••••••••• 3S - 37 7 VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS •••••••••••••••••••••• 38 - 43 8 Annexes I. States parties to the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports ~ ......•...•.........••..•...........•......... 10 11. States signatory to the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports .........................••................... 11 Ill. Provisional agenda of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports. 12 IV. Statement made on 28 October 1992 by the outgoing Chairman of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports •••••••••••••••.•.••••••••• 13 V. Questionnaire to the States parties in fulfilment of their obligations under article 12, paragraph 1, of the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports ••••••••.••••.•.••.••.••••. 17 -iii- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Excellency, 1.. Tl adoptee I have the honour to send herewith the report of the Commission against enteree Apartheid in Sports, which was adopted unanimously by the Commission on 30 October 1992. 2. Tl signed This report is submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with contaiI Assembly resolution 40/64 G of 10 December 1985 and with article 12, paraqraph 2, of the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports. 3. Tt considE Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. effect implemE the Sec (Signed) E. Besley MAYCOCK action Chairman Commission against Apartheid in Sports 4. Th 2 March Aparthe Mr. Alm (Mexico inaugur Mr. Jam Mr. E. Mr. VIa (Ethiop (Philip Federat (German 5. At article lots to in Marc Mr. AI-: Mr. Ord 6. On Interna passing paid tr, 7. On elected by the. 8. On . His Excellency terms w; Mr. Boutros Boptros-Ghali Secretary-General Mr, United Nations Mr, New York, NY Mr, Mr, -iv- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library I. INTRODUCTION 1. The General Assembly, by its resolution 40/64 G of 10 December 1985, adopted the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, which entered into force on 4 April 1988. 2. The Convention has so far been ratified or acceded to by 54 States and signed by 32 States. Lists of the States parties and the signatories are contained in annexes I and II, respectively. 3. The Convention, in its article 11, established a Commission, which was to consider reports submitted by States parties on measures taken by them to 'give effect to the provisions of the Convention; to examine, in particular, the implementation of the provisions of article 10 and to report annually, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly and make recommendations on action to be undertaken. 4. The States parties to the Convention, at their meeting held on 2 March 1989, elected the following members of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports: Mr. Harnad Abdelaziz Al-Kawari (Qatar); Mr. Abroad Fathi AI-Masri (Syrian Arab Republic); Mr. Fernando Alanis Camino (Mexico) (succeeded by Mr. RanI Gonzalez Rodriquez, who was appointed at the inaugural session of the Commission); Mr. Hocine Djoudi (Algeria); Mr. James Victor Gbeho (Ghana); Mr. Lionel A. Hurst (Antigua and Barbuda); Mr. E. Besley Maycock (Barbados); Mr. Abraham Ordia (Nigeria); Mr. Vladimir Platonov (Ukraine); Mr. Allan Rae (Jamaica); Mr. Tesfaye Shafo (Ethiopia), who was succeeded by Mr. Mulu Wale; Mr. Claudio Teehankee (Philippines), succeeded by Mr.,Sedfrey Ordonez; Mr. Boris Topornin (Russian Federation); Mr. Zoumana Traore (Burkina Faso); and Mr. Georg Zorowka (Germany) • 5. At the first session of the Commission, on 2 March 1989, pursuant to article 11, paragraph 5 of the Convention, the Chairman of the Commission drew lots to choose the names of members of the Commission whose term should expire in March 1991. They were as follows: Mr. Maycock, Mr. AI-Kawari, Mr. AI-Masri, Mr. Gbeho, Mr. Traore, Mr. Djoudi, Mr. Platonov, Mr. Hurst and Mr. Ordia. 6. On 23 March 1991, the Secretariat informed the States parties to the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports with regret of the passing away of a member of the Commission, Dr. Georg Zorowka. The Commission paid tribute to the memory of its meffiger. 7. On 24 June 1991, the States parties to the International Convention elected Mr. Lionel A. Hurst (Antigua and Barbuda) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Georg Zorowka. 8. On 24 June 1991, the States parties elected the following members whose terms will expire on 24 June 1995: Mr. GbedeviZikpi Aguigah (Togo) Mr. Abdul Karim Al-EthlWY (Iraq) Mr. James Victor Gbeho (Ghana) Mr. Joseph Lagu (Sudan) -1- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library ., Mr. Francis Ma1ambugi (United Republic of Tanzania) Mr. E. Besley Maycock (Barbados) Mr. Vladimir P1atonov (Ukraine) Mr. Jai Pratap Rana (Nepal) 21. ThE Mr. Zoumana Traore (Burkina Faso) particiI 9. The terms of the following members of the Commission will expire on 22. ThE 2 March 1993: Mr. Tesfay Fichala (Ethiopia), Mr. Lionel A. Hurst (Antigua and taken p] Barbuda), Mr. Sedfrey Ordonez (Philippines), Mr. Allan Rae (Jamaica), world. Mr. Raul Gonza1ez Rodriguez (Mexico) and Mr. Boris Topornin (Russian some pi] Federation) • been abI yet to 1: 10. Following the discussion at and the decisions taken by the eighth Meeting released of the States Parties on 10 June and 21 JUly 1992, the Commission was convened as sport from 28 to 30 October 1992 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. the inte roe and 11. The Commission conducted informal consultations on Wednesday morning, 28 October 1992, and began it~ formal session on the same day in the 23. Nbi afte,rnoon. The provisional agenda of the session is included in annex III. views of South Af 12. The outgoing Chairman, Mr. James Victor Gbeho, reported to the members at that tho the first meeting on developments regarding sports in South Africa and the . aparthei work of the Commission (see annex IV). needed t was comm 13. On 28 October 1992, the Commission elected Mr. E. Bes1ey Maycock the inte Chairman, Mr. James Victor Gbeho as Vice-Chairman and Mr. Jai P. Rana as help bri Rapporteur. non-raci 14. The Commission also noted the resignation of Mr. Mulu Wale (Ethiopia) and the appointment, under article 11 of the Convention, of Mr. Tesfay Fichala by 24. The democrat the Government of Ethiopia as a member of the Commission. suffrage the whit 15. The following members of the Commission participated in the session: assume s Mr. Gbedevi Zikpi Aguigah (Togo); Mr. Tesfay Flchala (Ethiopia); Mr. James Victor Gbeho (Ghana); Mr. Lionel A. Hurst (Antigua and Barbuda); and coul Mr. Joseph Lagu (Sudan); Mr. E. Besley Haycock (Barbados); Mr. Allan Rae reverse (Jamaica) and Mr. Jai Pratap Rana (Nepal). 25. The 16. Observers of the following liberation movements attended the session: present African National Congress of South Africa (ARC) and Pan Africanist Congress of ai.d to e Azania (PAC). 26. The 17. Observers of the following international and national sports South Af organizations also attended the session: International Olympic Committee abrogate (IOC), World Boxing Council (WBC), National Olympic and Sports Congress of eliminat South Africa (NOSC), National Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA) and that the South African Council on Sports (SACOS). process Commissi 18. The agenda of the session, which is contained in annex Ill, was adopted on a non unanimously. that spo that for 19. The Commission approved a paper presented by the Secretariat on the with reg organization of work of the Commission. 1/ by all s to encou 20. The present report was adopted on 30 October 1992. to those -2- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library II. PROGRESS TOWAIU'S INTEGRATION OF SPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AARY THE ELIMINATIO~ OF RACISM FROM SPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 11/1 21. The Commission benefited in its consideration of this item from the participation of representatives of ANC, PAC, NOSC, NOCSA and SACOS. 22. There was consensus among the participants that important changes had taken place in, the last two years, both inside South Africa as well as in the world. Many of those developments were positive. Among those developments, some pillar laws, which had bolstered the abhorrent system of apartheid, had been abrogated in 1991, although the apartheid constitution of the country was yet to be abolished. Some political prisoners in South Africa had been released, and more were expected to be released by 15 November 1992. As far as sports were concerned, there was a strong, if not uniform, movement towards the integration